European Variations as a Key to Cooperation

This Open Access book offers a novel view on the benefits of a lasting variation between the member states in the EU. In order to bring together thirty very different European states and their citizens, the EU will have to offer more scope for variation.

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Ernst Hirsch Ballin Emina Ćerimović Huub Dijstelbloem Mathieu Segers

European Variations as a Key to Cooperation

Research for Policy Studies by the Netherlands Council for Government Policy

Series Editors J. E. J. (Corien) Prins, WRR, Scientific Council for Government Policy, The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands F. W. A. (Frans) Brom, WRR, Scientific Council for Government Policy, The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

The Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) is an independent strategic advisory body for government policy in the Netherlands. It advises the Dutch government and Parliament on long-term strategic issues that are of great importance for society. The WRR provides science-based advice aimed at: opening up new perspectives and directions, changing problem definitions, setting new policy goals, investigating new resources for problem-solving and enriching the public debate. The studies of the WRR do not focus on one particular policy area, but on cross-cutting issues that affect future policymaking in multiple domains. A long-term perspective complements the day-to-day policymaking, which often concentrates on issues that dominate today’s policy agenda. The WRR consists of a Council and an academic staff who work closely together in multidisciplinary project teams. Council members are appointed by the King, and hold academic chairs at universities, currently in fields as diverse as economics, sociology, law, public administration and governance, health and water management. The WRR determines its own work programme, as well as the content of its publications. All its work is externally reviewed before publication. The Research for Policy Series In this series, we publish internationally relevant studies of the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy. Many of the cross-cutting issues that affect Dutch policymaking, also challenge other Western countries or international bodies. By publishing these studies in this international open access scientific series, we hope that our analyses and insights can contribute to the policy debate in other countries. About the Editors Corien Prins is Chair of the WRR and Professor of Law and Information Technology at Tilburg Law School (Tilburg University). Frans Brom is Council secretary and director of the WRR office. He also is Professor of Normativity of Scientific Policy Advice at the Ethics Institute of Utrecht University.

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/16390

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European Variations as a Key to Cooperation

Ernst Hirsch Ballin Tilburg University Tilburg, Noord-Brabant The Netherlands

Emina Ćerimović Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy The Hague, The Netherlands

Huub Dijstelbloem Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy The Hague, The Netherlands

Mathieu Segers Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy The Hague, The Netherlands

ISSN 2662-3684 ISSN 2662-3692 (electronic) Resear