The European Union and Its Crises Through the Eyes of the Brussels E
Based on interviews with some of the EU's most important leaders, this book is designed to probe and elucidate what they think. The goal of the book is to find out whether they believe that the current period in the history of the European Union cons
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The European Union and Its Crises Through the Eyes of the Brussels Elite George Ross ad personam Jean Monnet Chair, University of Montreal, Canada
© George Ross 2011
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Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
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Part I Introduction 1 Trials by Fire: The EU and Its Crises Crises and the integration of Europe Crises of design Crises of economic adaptation Enlargement crises Bicycling dangers? Crises of member state retreat Sounding European elites: Analyses of the EU
3 7 8 12 16 18 20
Part II Europeans’ Thinking about Crisis 2 Economics, for Better or Worse? The golden age – 1985 and after The complicated consequences of success The real problems are economic Backbone problems? The ‘more and better social policy’ puzzle
31 31 33 38 41 43
3 Enlargem
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