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The Circular Economy in the European Union An Interim Review

The Circular Economy in the European Union

Sepp Eisenriegler Editor

The Circular Economy in the European Union An Interim Review

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Editor Sepp Eisenriegler Repair and Service Center R.U.S.Z. Vienna, Austria

ISBN 978-3-030-50238-6 ISBN 978-3-030-50239-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50239-3

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Preface

This anthology was written before the EU parliamentary elections in 2019. At that time, the EU was facing a crucial political stress test: right-wing, fascist tendencies and so-called illiberal democracies had been established, while Austria had a government at that time that was, at least partially, involved in pooling the EU-sceptical and EU-hostile political parties in the future EU Parliament. Matteo Salvini, Geert Wilders, Marine Le Pen and others wanted to “reform” the EU together!1 The no-deal Brexit was a realistic option. Seen this way, this anthology could also be considered an interim review: What did the EU contribute to the conservation of resources, against the predominant role of the economy, towards fair allocation and against the identified growth problem before the 2019 elections? Implementing the systemic change from a linear to a circular economic system as an EU regulatory policy was a late, yet courageous step in the right direction. Rarely before the interest groups involved in the EU have been so united concerning resource efficiency—the decoupling of our current life stylish consumerism from resource consumption. Of course, the circular economy solves neither the growth nor the distribution problem. But the r