The political economy of Europe's future and identity

integration in crisis mode

Bongardt, Annette (ed.)
Torres, Francisco (Portugal) (ed.)

The European Union finds itself once again at a crossroads, with its future and identity cast in doubt by a combination of crises, governance shortcomings and political divisions. At the same time, the very nature of the challenges facing the EU, notably but not exclusively the green and digital transitions, require ‘more Europe’ (including some central fiscal capacity) to supply those and other European public goods, among which an EU defence capability and completing the banking union. The chapters of this book provide reflections on the challenges that the EU (and EMU) is facing because of having come to live in a permanent crisis mode while simultaneously taking into consideration the EU’s future and identity (sustainability).
In total, the book brings together 28 chapters and a postface by Loukas Tsoukalis. It gathers the rich insights from a group of renowned scholars of European political economy and also of economics, political science, international relations, history, philosophy, and theology.