Redefining EU membership

• Titel: Redefining EU membership
• Titelzusatz: differentiation in and outside the European Union
• Mitwirkende: Fromage, Diane [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by Diane Fromage
• Verlagsort: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, United States of America
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• E-Jahr: 2024
• Jahr: [2024]
• Umfang: xxxviii, 354 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Diagramme
• ISBN: 978-0-19-285734-7
• ISBN: 978-0-19-267173-8
• ISBN: 978-0-19-194814-5
• Schlagwörter: (k)Europäische Union / (s)Mitgliedsstaaten / (s)Beitritt
• Dokumenttyp: Aufsatzsammlung
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1896218571

Abstract

"At first sight, it would appear as though the question of the definition of membership to the European Union (EU) is superfluous. The Treaty on EU unequivocally defines in its article 1 that the contracting parties are the Member States of the EU. However, closer examination could cast some doubt on this unitary status of Member States, or at the very least it could reveal that it needs nuancing. Whilst diversity and to some extent differentiation or even fragmentation have been part and parcel of the European integration process since its very beginning, several developments invite to a new reflection on membership within the EU and relatedly on differentiation in and outside the EU today. This is what the contributions to this edited volume propose"--