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What Kind Of Union? The Future Of The European Union As Seen By Candidates To The Ec Presidency In The 2014 Ep Elections

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There is no doubt that the European Union is at a crossroads. The recently (arguably) ended economic and financial crisis has left serious marks on the deep structure of the Union, which seems feebler than ever in its history. What is currently contested by politicians and people alike is the very raison d’être of the European project: do we need a Union anymore? Should the European Union be abandoned or should it be revived and consolidated? These are serious and timely questions that require urgent attention. The 2014 EP elections offered a platform spread across Europe where issues such as the future of the EU could have been addressed. In this paper, we analyze the three debates between the candidates to the Presidency of the European Commission. We particularly focus on the scenarios for Europe proposed by three of the five main participants and examine their proposals against the arguments on the future of the European project made by established scholars and experts (i.e. federation, supranational democracy, Europe of nation states, an association of sovereign states, fiscal union, banking union, etc.).

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  • Alina BÂRGĂOANU, Elena NEGREA-BUSUIOC, 2014. "What Kind Of Union? The Future Of The European Union As Seen By Candidates To The Ec Presidency In The 2014 Ep Elections," Europolity – Continuity and Change in European Governance - New Series, Department of International Relations and European Integration, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, vol. 8(2), pages 19-35.
    • Handle: RePEc:epl:eplnew:y:2014:v:8:i:2:p:19-35
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