| ID | 110301 |
| Title Proper | Centrifugal Europe |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kupchan, Charles A |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The project of European integration is experiencing its gravest political crisis to date. Ongoing debate about how to restore the financial stability of the eurozone has exposed deep rifts within the EU, calling into question the solidarity that is the hallmark of political union. At stake is the survival not just of the euro, but the EU itself.
The EU's debt crisis poses a particularly potent threat to the project of European integration because it is both a consequence and a cause of a more serious malady: the renationalisation of European politics. Confronted with the powerful intrusions of both European integration and globalisation, electorates in EU member states have for the better part of a decade staged a mounting revolt against Brussels and its supranational brand of governance. Unwanted immigration, growing inequality, fraying welfare states, stagnant wages, bailout and austerity packages - these developments have produced a wave of popular discontent, which is in turn exacting a heavy toll on the EU as angry voters press for the repatriation of political control and the restoration of national autonomy. |
| `In' analytical Note | Survival : the IISS Quarterly Vol. 54, No.1; Feb-Mar 2012: p.111-118 |
| Journal Source | Survival : the IISS Quarterly Vol. 54, No.1; Feb-Mar 2012: p.111-118 |
| Key Words | Europe ; Political Crisis ; European Politics ; Financial Stability ; Foreign Policy ; European Union |