Conclusions

What future for the Treaty of Lisbon

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4447339
AutoresAriadna Ripoll, Ariadna Ripoll Servent (0000-0002-1399-6535, University of Salzburg, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume58
Fascículo1
Páginase72661
Data de publicação2021-05-07
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPolítica y Sociedad (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1130-8001 • E-ISSN: 1988-3129
EditoraUniversidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5209/poso.72661
OpenAlexW3160479715
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas30

This conclusion to the special issue reflects on the evolution of European integration since the early 1990s in order to better understand the contested origins of the Treaty of Lisbon and the consequences the latter have had for the EU's political system. It considers the various contributions of the special issue and shows how the Treaty emerged in an era of shifting cleavages, disputed steps towards a more political Union and rising populism. This legacy has led to more polarisation and politicisation - a phenomenon that the Treaty of Lisbon struggles to encapsulate and conciliate with the culture of consensus and compromise inherent to its institutional structures. As a result, we observe a bias towards policy stability - and even failure - that affects the legitimacy and democratic standards of the European Union. In a context of polycrisis, the difficulty to find compromises - especially in highly normative issues - leads to the de-politicisation of the EU and reinforces the gap between EU institutions and its citizens. The COVID-19 pandemic is a window of opportunity for the EU, in which to choose between integration and disintegration; between values and inaction

Compromise · Context (archaeology · Democracy · Democratic legitimacy · Economics · European integration · European union · Geography · International trade · Law and economics · Legitimacy · Maastricht Treaty · Normative · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Sociology · Treaty · Treaty of Lisbon · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Social Policy and Reform Studies