History of the European Union - Constructing Utopia

The European Union celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2017, but celebrations were muted by Brexit and the growing sense of a crisis of identity. However, as this seminal work shows, the history and ambition of the European Union are considerable. Written by key stakeholders who, between them, acted as architects, adjudicators and arbitrators of the project, it presents the definitive history of the first two generations of the European Union.

This book revisits the birth and consolidation of the great project of a united Europe and the political, institutional, judicial and economical frameworks of the European Union: from the process towards integration, to the advancements and the impasses in building a political union.

PART I
COMMON ROOTS AND SHARED VALUES
1. Into the Future of a Common Past
Giuseppe Galasso
2. The Fundamental Goal of the European Project
Giorgio Napolitano
3. Freedom, Democracy, Rule of Law
Giuliano Amato and Nicola Verola
4. Competition and Solidarity in the European Construct
Mario Monti
5. The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
Marta Cartabia

PART II
THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ITS INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM: BASIC PRINCIPLES, COMPETENCES
AND RESPONSIBILITIES
6. The Treaties that Created Europe
Marise Cremona
7. The Institutional Framework of the European Union
Gian Luigi Tosato
8. The Acquis: European Union Law and So Many Laws
Jacques Ziller
9. The Principle of the Primacy of EU Law Over the National Legal Systems of Member States
Sergio M Carbone
10. Legislation and Legislative Procedures Between the Parliament, the Council and the Commission
Andrea Manzella
11. Safeguarding Rights in EU Law Between the Commission and the Court of Justice
Giuseppe Tesauro

PART III
THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE PEOPLE: RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
12. Non-discrimination and Protection of Diversity and Minorities
Marco Ventura
13. The European Union: An Area for Freedom, Security and Justice
Bruno Nascimbene
14. Education and Training in Europe: Students and the Erasmus Programme
Francesco Profumo and Giovanni Biondi
15. Tax Harmonisation
Franco Gallo

PART IV
THE EU ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION AND ACTIONS FOR ITS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
16. The Economic Governance of the Euro Area
Marco Buti and Martin Larch
17. The European Central Bank
Lucrezia Reichlin
18. Fiscal Rules in the Economic and Monetary Union
Justine Feliu and Guntram B Wolff
19. The Social Dimension of the European Market: Between Tradition and Challenges
Vera Zamagni
20. The European Regional Development Policies
Gianfranco Viesti

PART V
THE EU AND THE WORLD: COMPETITION WITHIN THE EU MARKET AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS (WITH NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES)
21. Rules to Guarantee Free Competition
Enzo Moavero-Milanesi
22. The Common Commercial Policy: Efficiency and Legitimacy
Pascal Lamy

PART VI
POLITICAL CHALLENGES AND DISPUTES WITHIN THE EUROPEAN UNION
23. Resisting European Integration: The Variegated Forms of Anti-EU Protest
Yves Mény and Giorgio Mocavini
24. The Union Facing Fractures, Centrifugal Th rusts and New Applications for Accession
Sylvie Goulard
25. The Democratic Deficit
Gianfranco Pasquino
26. Towards a New Constitutional Debate?
Renaud Dehousse

PART VII
CONCLUSION
27. The States' Upcoming Choice: Move Ahead All Together, Some Members Only or Alone
Joseph HH Weiler and Johann Justus Vasel