Democratic legitimacy in the era of fiscal integration. Issue 4 (7th June 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nicoli, Francesco
• Is Part Of: Journal of European integration. Volume 39:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 389
• Page End: 404
• Publication Date: 2017-06-07
• Subjects: Democratic legitimacy -- fiscal integration -- demos thesis -- trilemma -- economic governance; European federation -- Periodicals; Political science -- Periodicals; Europe -- Economic integration -- Periodicals; 341.24205
• DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2017.1298591
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0703-6337

Abstract

Abstract: While several countries still struggle to return to sustainable growth and Euroscepticism has shown growing strength ever since the 2014 European Elections, Europe is slowly advancing on the path of fiscal integration. This paper reassesses how legitimacy is provided and why the advancing economic and fiscal integration constitutes a 'genetic change' of the Union. The second section discusses the functional deadlock emerging from the interaction between demos democracy and redistribution, which invites the EMU to make a fundamental choice between 'convergence of the identities' and 'convergence of the economies'.