A Federalist Alternative for European Governance: The European Union in Hard Times

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Sergio Fabbrini (Luiss Guido Carli University, Rome)

A Federalist Alternative for European Governance

The European Union in Hard Times

Sergio Fabbrini (Luiss Guido Carli University, Rome)

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Cambridge University Press
19 December 2024

Comparative politics; EU & European institutions

How did the European Union (EU) deal with the crises of the 2010s and 2020s? These crises arose in policy realms that were the province of national governments, so the European Council was the driving institution for managing them. National governments were able to take decisions, but their decisions were contradictory and unaccountable, and regularly hindered by divisions between them. In order to manage a policymaking process dominated by the claims of national and sub-regional governments, Sergio Fabbrini argues that intergovernmental governance has had to transform the EU into an international organization. Fabbrini shows that differentiated integration would further distance the EU from the project of an 'ever closer union' and, on the basis of a comparative federalism approach, he proposes an alternative paradigm of a multi-tier Europe with a federalist core to balance national sovereignties and supranational authority.

By: Sergio Fabbrini (Luiss Guido Carli University Rome)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 554g
ISBN: 9781009573030
ISBN 10: 1009573039
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 19 December 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sergio Fabbrini is Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Intesa Sanpaolo Chair on European Governance and Head of the Political Science Department at the Luiss Guido Carli in Rome. He is a highly respected scholar of European politics renowned for bringing federalism back to the scientific debate. His recent publications include Europe's Future: Decoupling and Reforming (Cambridge, 2019), Which European Union?: Europe after the Euro Crisis (Cambridge, 2015) and Compound Democracies: Why the United States and Europe Are Becoming Similar (Oxford, 2010). He is also a political editor for the Italian financial newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore, for which he was awarded the 2017 Spinelli Prize.

Reviews for A Federalist Alternative for European Governance: The European Union in Hard Times

'A very welcome addition to the literature on the European Union. A major expert on comparative federalism, Sergio Fabbrini rightly argues for the need to consider the EU in federalist terms. This book presents important proposals for how to move the EU from its crises-ridden penchant for intergovernmentalism and towards federalism which deserves to be properly addressed.' John Erik Fossum, Professor, ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo