The EU between Federal Union and Flexible Integration

Chapter 1. The road ahead for the European Union: between federal union and flexible integration (Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, Per Ekman, Anna Michalski and Lars Oxelheim). - Chapter 2. Enlargement and the watering down of democracy: A Union in existential crisis (Daniel Silander). - Chapter 3. The state of rule of law in Europe: The EU in a limbo between federalism and flexible integration (Anna Södersten). - Chapter 4. Parliament as an arena for political opposition to EU policy: wasteland or conflict zone? (Christer Karlsson, Moa Mårtensson and Thomas Persson). - Chapter 5. Stability in public finances in the EU after the COVID-19 pandemic: between federalism and flexible integration? (Fredrik NG Andersson and Lars Jonung). - Chapter 6. The EU's policy on state subsidies: An essential engine of integration or a hidden transfer of competence? (Jörgen Hettne). - Chapter 7. Are demands for federal taxes leading the EU away from flexible integration towards a revolt against taxation? (Krister Andersson). - Chapter 8. The federal European public prosecutor's office: From vision to reality? (Jacob Öberg). - Chapter 9. The European defence policy between flexible integration and a future defence union (Malena Britz). - Chapter 10. A more equal Europe: A precondition for federalism or a consequence thereof? (Jesper Roine). - Chapter 11. The state of European integration: Where does the EU stand and in what direction is it heading? (Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, Per Ekman, Anna Michalski and Lars Oxelheim)

Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt is Professor of European Law at the Faculty of Law of Stockholm University, Sweden.

Per Ekman is a researcher in Political Science at the Department of Government, Uppsala University, Sweden.

Anna Michalski is Associate Professor in Political Science at the Department of Government, Uppsala University and Senior Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs.



Lars Oxelheim is Professor of International Business and Finance at University of Agder, Norway, Professor Emeritus at Lund University and affiliated with the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Sweden.