Conclusions

What future for the Treaty of Lisbon

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4447339
AutoresAriadna Ripoll, Ariadna Ripoll Servent (0000-0002-1399-6535, University of Salzburg, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen58
Número1
Páginase72661
Fecha de publicación2021-05-07
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPolítica y Sociedad (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1130-8001 • E-ISSN: 1988-3129
EditorialUniversidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5209/poso.72661
OpenAlexW3160479715
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias 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