The European Union in Transformation

With a view to the changing global landscape, the European Union – as a value- and rules-based community – faces major challenges. At the same time, the ‘poly-crisis’ and enlargement are jeopardising its ability to act. In this respect, the book advocates a transformation of its architecture and working methods along the lines of ‘less, more efficient and more flexible’. Based on this premise, the book not only outlines the current state of the European Union, including the strategic policies relating to the digitalisation and decarbonisation of the single market, as well as internal security and defence. Rather, it combines the state of play with a forward-looking analysis of the challenges and practical, evidence-based proposals for reform. Combining law and politics, the book also draws on the author’s practical experience as a legal adviser to the Planning Unit of the Commission President from 2015 to 2019.