Can ‘Differentiated Integration’ Lead to a Federation
in Europe?
Can ‘Differentiated Integration’ Lead to a Federation
in Europe?
Author(s): Tomasz Grzegorz GrosseSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Centrum Europejskie Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: differentiated integration; political segmentation; intergovernmentalism; confederation; federation
Summary/Abstract: This article explores whether the Phenomenon of ‘differentiated integration’ can accelerate the federalisation of the European Union. In particular, it analyses the crisis of the euro area (focused on the period 2010–2014). Did this crisis favour reforms which could turn the EU into a democratic federation? Could the trend towards differentiated integration (or the concept of the so-called ‘two-speed Europe’) facilitate the creation of a federation? Or does it feed political and systemic endencies that run opposite to federalism?
Journal: Yearbook of Polish European Studies
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 18
- Page Range: 15-38
- Page Count: 24
- Language: English