A Second Chance for Europe: Economic, Political and Legal Perspectives of the European Union

Abstract

Preface -- Contents -- European Citizens at Risk -- 1 European Citizens at Risk -- 2 A Future with Less Growth -- 3 Europe of the (Border) Regions -- 4 A Vibrant Europe Is Possible -- 5 The Five Presidents Are Stuck -- 6 Challenge and Response: A Guide Through the Book -- References -- Halting Support for the EU -- 1 The Centrifugal Force of Increasing Euroscepticism -- 2 Euroscepticism Documented -- 3 The Losers of Globalisation -- 4 Explaining Euroscepticism -- 4.1 Theories -- 4.2 Before and After the Crisis -- 5 General Trends in Income Inequality and Financial Uncertainty -- 6 Euroscepticism and Financial Uncertainty -- 7 Referendums on the EU -- 8 Conclusions -- References -- A Vibrant European Model -- 1 The Need for a Vibrant Scenario -- 2 Europe´s Unbalanced Economic Performance -- 2.1 Labour Demand and Supply -- 2.2 Innovation -- 2.3 Wage Inequality, Income Inequality and Social Cohesion -- 2.4 Employment Protection, Minimum Wages and the Quality of Work -- 2.5 Greening -- 2.6 Happiness and the Labour Market -- 3 Europe 2017-2030: Muddling Through or a Vibrant Alternative -- 3.1 Innovation -- 3.2 Inequality -- 3.3 Mobility Policy -- 3.4 Jump-Starting Youth Employment -- 3.5 Vibrant Immigration (Treated in More Detail in Chapter ``A Sustainable Immigration Policy for the EU´´) -- 3.6 Sustainability -- 3.7 Happiness -- 4 Trade -- 5 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- In Europe We Trust -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Good Governance for Values, Growth and Happiness -- 1.2 The EU and Governance -- 2 Slipping Governance in the EU -- 3 Understanding the Rise and Fall of Governance -- 4 Governance and Trust in Institutions -- 5 What Can the EU Do? -- 6 Conclusions -- Appendix: How to Control Corruption (from: EU, European Commission First Anti-Corruption Report, 2009) -- References -- EU Mobility -- 1 Introduction

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A second chance for Europe: economic, political and legal perspectives of the European Union

Ritzen, Jozef M. M.

Ritzen, Jozef M. M.

Abstract

This book calls upon us to rethink and reboot the European Union. The authors dissect the EU's many vulnerabilities: how some Member States are backsliding on the rule of law, freedom of the press, and control of corruption - and how globalization's "discontents" are threatening the liberal international order. It examines the need for a common immigration policy; the need to rethink the unsustainable debt overhang of some Eurozone countries; and the need to use education to foster a European identity. Given the sum total of these vulnerabilities, the book argues, the EU may not survive beyond 2025 in its present form - that is, unless decisive action is taken. In turn, the book puts forward a number of workable solutions: a European economic model to secure full employment; a stronger European Court of Human Rights to counter systemic violations; a points-based immigration policy; clear exit options for the Eurozone; and an Open Education Area with a common second language. These solutions may reduce the number of EU countries, but would increase cohesion and overall survivability.

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