Schlagwort-Archive: Flexible Integration

Flexibility in the EU and Beyond – How Much Differentiation Can European Integration Bear?

For English version see below.

Univ-Prof. Dr. Thomas Giegerich hat zusammen mit Desirée Schmitt und Sebastian Zeitzmann ein neues Buch mit dem Titel „Flexibility in the EU and Beyond – How Much Differentiation Can European Integration Bear?“ herausgegeben. Der Tagungsband, der bei Nomos und Hart im März 2017 erschienen ist, fasst die Ergebnisse eines Symposiums zusammen, das im April letzten Jahres an der Europäischen Akademie stattfand. Der Flyer kann hier eingesehen werden.

Abstract

Die EU durchläuft eine schwierige Phase: Euro- und Flüchtlingskrise harren einer Lösung, die Solidarität zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten erodiert, das Vereinigte Königreich steht an der Schwelle zum Austritt, nationalistische Kräfte gewinnen in vielen Mitgliedstaaten an Zulauf, die Zustimmung zur europäischen Integration sinkt, die EU-Außenpolitik konzentriert sich auf Krisenbekämpfung.
Zu heterogen erscheint die Union, zu divers die wirtschaftlichen und politischen Interessen der 28, um die Herausforderungen en bloc anzugehen.
Bietet das Konzept der differenzierten Integration eine Lösungsmöglichkeit? Können Differenzierungen dem europäischen Einigungsprojekt eine stabilere und bessere Zukunft bieten? Welches Maß an Vielfalt und Flexibilität verträgt die „immer engere Union der Völker Europas“? Oder schadet Differenzierung am Ende sogar dem gemeinsamen Projekt Europa?

Diesen und weiteren Fragen ist eine internationale und interdisziplinäre Konferenz an der Europäischen Akademie Otzenhausen unter Leitung von Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Giegerich im April 2016 nachgegangen. Die Tagungsergebnisse sind in diesem Band enthalten.


Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Giegerich, Desirée Schmitt and Sebastian Zeitzmann have published a new book with the title „Flexibility in the EU and Beyond – How Much Differentiation Can European Integration Bear?“. The conference proceedings are dealing with the results of a symposium that was held in April 2016 at the European Academy of Otzenhausen. For more information see the leaflet and the following abstract.

Abstract

The EU is going through a difficult phase: The euro and refugee crises are still unresolved, the solidarity between Member States is eroding, the UK stands on the brink of an exit, nationalist forces are gaining increasing support in many Member States, the support for European integration is diminishing and EU foreign policy is focused on combating crises.
The union appears too heterogeneous and the economic and political interests of the 28 Member States too diverse to be able to tackle these challenges as a whole. Does the concept of differentiated integration offer a possible solution? Can such differentiation offer the European integration project a better and more stable future? Which measures of diversity and flexibility can the “ever closer Union among the peoples of Europe” endure? Or will such differentiation ultimately damage the joint European project?

These questions and others were the focus of an international and interdisciplinary conference at the European Academy of Otzenhausen in April 2016 that was organized by Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Giegerich. The results of this conference are contained in this volume.

Photo-Gallery of the Jean-Monnet-Symposium: „How much Differentiation and Flexibility can European Integration Bear?“

Selected pictures of the Speakers and Participants of the Jean-Monnet-Symposium: „How much Differentiation and Flexibility can European Integration Bear?“, which took place at the European Academy of Otzenhausen, Germany, 7–10 April 2016.

 

Video-Recordings of the Jean-Monnet-Symposium: „How much Differentiation and Flexibility can European Integration Bear?“

Friday, 8 April 2016

A. Introductory Comments

B.1. Selected Types of Differentation in the EU I: Opt-Outs, Common Foreign and Security Policy, Independence Movements

B.2. Selected Types of Differentiation in the EU II: European Monetary Union

B.3. Selected Types of Differentiation in the EU III: Enhanced Cooperation

C. Regional Patterns of Flexibility inside the EU

Saturday, 9 April 2016

D. EU Neighbours: Source of new Flexibility Models?

E. A View on EU Flexibility from the Outside: America, Asia, Germany and the Council of Europe

F. Flexibility in Global Systems of International Cooperation

Jean-Monnet-Symposium, 08. und 09. April 2016 – Update

The Jean-Monnet-Chair for European Law and European Integration  is currently organizing an international and interdisciplinary conference on the future of European integration, to be held on 8th and 9th of April 2016 at the European Academy of Otzenhausen (Saarland, Germany) entitled Jean-Monnet-Conference: How Much Differentiation and Flexibility can European Integration Bear?.

In this conference, we’d like to take a closer look on the various forms of differentiated/flexible integration we find in the European Union today and discuss recent issues associated with those.

You can find more informations in the programme.

Please do not hesitate to contact Ms. Schmitt (schmitt@europainstitut.de) if you are interested in joining the symposium.

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Am 08. und 09. April 2016 veranstaltet der Jean-Monnet-Lehrstuhl von Prof. Dr. Giegerich an der Europäischen Akademie in Otzenhausen ein englischsprachiges internationales Symposium zum Thema “How much Differentiation and Flexibility Can European Integration Bear?”.

Die diskutierten Themenbereiche und die eingeladenen Referenten können Sie dem Programm entnehmen.

Bei Interesse an einer Teilnahme können Sie sich gerne an Frau Desirée Schmitt (schmitt@europainstitut.de) wenden.