Sovereignty in conflict : political constitutional and economic dilemmas in the EU This edited collection provides a valuable addition to the literature on conflicts of sovereignty in Europe. The elaboration and exemplification of different types of sovereignty conflict foundational institutional and territorial is illuminating. Paul Craig Emeritus Professor of English Law St John’s College Cambridge University UK “This book provides numerous insightful illustrations of sovereignty claims by a diverse set of actors such as nationalist parties irredentist movements regions and the EU. In a multi level polity such as the EU which is based on the notion of shared sovereignty conflicts can be very contentious. This book should be read by all students who wish to grasp the evolving nature of European politics. Jan Zielonka Professor of European Politics University of Oxford and Venice Ca Foscari UK and Italy This edited volume brings together leading international researchers in an attempt to disentangle and understand the multiple conflicts of sovereignty within the European polity in the aftermath of the 2008 economic crisis. While most research on sovereignty focuses on its international dimensions what makes this volume distinctive is the focus on the mobilization of sovereignty discourses in national politics. Contrary to tired paradigms studying clashes between national and supranational sovereignty the chapters of the volume offer a provocation for the readers – what if these old vertical conflicts of sovereignty are increasingly complemented by horizontal conflicts between executives and parliaments at both the national and international level Julia Rone is a postdoctoral researcher at the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy at CRASSH University of Cambridge UK. Nathalie Brack is Associate Professor in Political Science at the Université libre de Bruxelles and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe Belgium. Ramona Coman is Professor in Political Science at the Université libre de Bruxelles and President of the Institute for European Studies Belgium. Amandine Crespy is Associate Professor in Political Science at the Université libre de Bruxelles and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe Belgium. Chapter 1: Introduction Part 1: Constitutional Debates around Sovereignty Chapter 2: Conflicting Sovereignties and the Sustainability of the Brexit State Chapter 3: Procedural Battles on Sovereignty: Interpreting the Rules in the House of Commons Chapter 4: Sovereignty democratic legitimacy and the problem of the demos in Spain: the case of Catalonia Chapter 5: Defending sovereignty in the name of post sovereignty: Liberal and illiberal constitutional idioms in the EU Chapter 6: The Struggle over Direct Democracy in Germany: ‘Populist’ Demand for Popular Sovereignty Part 2: Sovereignty in socio economic debates Chapter 7: Sovereignty Conflicts and Their Alternatives. Politicising European Labour Politics in French Irish and Swiss EU Referendum Debates (2000 2020) Chapter 8: The Technocratic Populist Loop in EU’s Eastern and Southern Periphery: between democratic representation and technocratic solutions for economic governance Chapter 9: Selective politicization of sovereignty: Hungarys economic embedding and political disembedding from the EU Part 3: Sovereignty debates in party politics Chapter 10: “What is it and why does it matter The meaning of sovereignty in the Rassemblement National’s critique of European integration” Chapter 11: Sovereignty in the Populist Radical Right Discourse: The Right of the People and the Right of the Peoples Chapter 12: Left wing Populism and Sovereignty: an Analysis of Jean Luc Mélenchon’s Discourse Chapter 13: Conclusion.