Europe's Existential Crisis. Facing the Threats and Challenges
Journal: Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva)
Year: 2018

The European Union is in a state of emergency. The crisis it is facing today is a global one, rather than merely sector-specific as in the past. It therefore requires a global response, in other words at a political level. This is the central message conveyed by this selection of texts. Having presented some of the main challenges, both internal and external, with which the Union is contending, the author maintains the need for a European political authority subject to democratic control, in par