What Does the Crisis Teach Us about the European Union?

• Authors: Robert Grzeszczak
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article discusses the impact of the crisis on the processes of European integration. From this broad perspective, certain general and detailed problems have been selected for analysis, including the ‘operational code’ of European integration that was developed at the point in time when political decisions were taken to initiate the integration processes. The European Union’s operational code is based on pur¬suing the policy of fait accompli and giving priority to integration in the policies of the member states, regardless of the area of integration and the values concerned. Even the principles of democracy have been subordinated to this priority. In the light of the fact that public voting has been bypassed on issues related to integration, including economic ones, the legitimacy and effectiveness of these decisions have been called into question. The entire discussion is burdened by the lack of any funda¬mental consensus about what the political outcome of the integration should be, nor to what extent the crisis, in its various aspects (economic, political, social and dem¬ocratic), may change the European Union.

Keywords

EN

European Union; Crisis

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Centrum Europejskie
• Journal: Yearbook of Polish European Studies
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 16
• Pages: s.41-57

Contributors

author

Robert Grzeszczak

• Chair of European Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw