Managing the EU Crises

Another Way of Integration by Stealth

Bibliographic Data

ID6408480
AuthorsYves Meny (corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume37
Issue6
Pages1336-1353
Publication date2014-11-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWest European Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01402382.2014.929338
OpenAlexW2065627258
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited28

Europe has been hit hard by the financial and economic crisis, and there is no fast solution in view. The problem facing the EU is a problem of governance both technically and politically. Most actors, with the possible exception of the ECB, are in disarray because they are caught between the necessity to act and the political reluctance to acknowledge fully the consequences of a multi-level governance system, notably democratic legitimacy and accountability. The discrepancy between political rhetoric and actual practices during the crisis appears as a new form of government by stealth. There is not yet an obvious way out of this morass. The first one seems the easiest as it would be nothing more than 'muddling through' as usual, whereas the second option, a two-speed Europe, though more politically attractive, is technically very difficult to implement institutionally. The third possible solution is paradoxically the one that surreptitiously persists at present: a 'federalism of executives' that is both unmanageable in the long run and unacceptable from a democratic point of view

Accountability · Corporate governance · Democracy · democratic deficit · Economics · Federalism · Government (linguistics · Law and economics · Legitimacy · Nothing · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · European and International Law Studies · European Union Policy and Governance · Finance · Global Financial Regulation and Crises · Law · Public Administration

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