EAN: 9781509554553

EUROPES COMING OF AGE - LOUKAS TSOUKALIS GEBUNDEN

European integration has had many successes and failures  Brexit being one of the biggest
failures. Despite the setbacks  the EU has been acquiring more functions and members and has
now reached a stage where it needs to become a political adult. In this book  one of the
world's leading authorities on Europe provides a lucid and wide-ranging appraisal of
contemporary European affairs - of how the EU became what it is today and the key challenges
Europeans must now confront. These challenges include the search for a common foreign and
security policy that will also require a more symmetrical transatlantic relationship  the
search for democracy beyond the nation state  more inclusive societies  the development of the
euro into a fully fledged currency  a higher degree of autonomy in high technology  and the
greening of economies. In Tsoukalis' view  what is at stake in these challenges is whether the
EU can exercise effective political power in a multipolar  highly asymmetrical and increasingly
unstable world  and whether it can find a workable relationship between global markets and
domestic social contracts. Willing and able countries should lead the way. The stakes are high
- and not just for Europe. A declining and marginalized Europe would not be able to defend
fundamental interests and values  including freedom and security for its citizens. And the
world would greatly benefit from the moderating influence of a regional power that operates on
the basis of broad consensus and compromise. This bold and ambitious book  based on extensive
experience of European affairs  will be of value to anyone interested in Europe and its future
as well as anyone concerned with the great political challenges of our time.

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