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Crisis pressures and European integration.
Federico Maria Ferrara1, Hanspeter Kriesi2
1London School of Economics, European Institute, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Journal of European Public Policy
|August 29, 2022
Summary
This study examines how different crisis pressures shape European Union (EU) policymaking. It proposes a framework linking EU integration theories to four crisis-driven scenarios, advancing the debate on crisis-led integration.
Area of Science:
- Political Science
- European Studies
- International Relations
Background:
- Existing research applies EU integration theories to crisis policymaking.
- Limited analysis exists on how varying crisis pressures affect the utility of these theories.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop a framework assessing major integration theories under different crisis pressures.
- To analyze four distinct EU decision-making scenarios generated by crisis combinations.
- To enhance understanding of crisis-led integration in the European Union.
Main Methods:
- Theoretical analysis of European integration theories (neofunctionalism, intergovernmentalism, postfunctionalism, federalism).
- Development of a framework linking crisis pressures to decision-making scenarios.
- Application of the framework to four major EU crises: euro area, refugees, Brexit, and Covid-19.
Main Results:
- Diverse crisis pressures create four distinct EU decision-making scenarios.
- Each scenario benefits from specific analytical insights from different integration theories.
- The framework provides a nuanced understanding of crisis-led integration dynamics.
Conclusions:
- The proposed framework offers valuable analytical leverage for understanding EU crisis policymaking.
- The study contributes a theoretical advancement to the literature on crisis-led integration.
- Future research can utilize this framework to analyze specific EU crises and integration outcomes.
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