Book contents
- EU Law in Populist Times
- EU Law in Populist Times
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- I Economic Policy
- II Human Migration
- III Internal Security
- IV Constitutional Fundamentals
- 15 Defending Democracy in EU Member States
- 16 The Politics of Resentment and First Principles in the European Court of Justice
- 17 The Populist Backlash against Europe
- 18 The Democratic Disconnect, the Power-Legitimacy Nexus, and the Future of EU Governance
- Conclusion
- Index
17 - The Populist Backlash against Europe
Why Only Alternative Economic and Social Policies Can Stop the Rise of Populism in Europe
from IV - Constitutional Fundamentals
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2019
- EU Law in Populist Times
- EU Law in Populist Times
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- I Economic Policy
- II Human Migration
- III Internal Security
- IV Constitutional Fundamentals
- 15 Defending Democracy in EU Member States
- 16 The Politics of Resentment and First Principles in the European Court of Justice
- 17 The Populist Backlash against Europe
- 18 The Democratic Disconnect, the Power-Legitimacy Nexus, and the Future of EU Governance
- Conclusion
- Index
Summary
The European Union is facing an unprecedented political crisis. This club of liberal and democratic countries has been confronted by a nationalist and populist backlash that threatens the core principles at the very heart of the EU.1 Capitalizing on the European sovereign debt crisis, the backlash against refugees streaming in from the Middle East, public angst over the growing terror threat, and Brexit, previously fringe populist political parties are growing with alarming speed. Populists not only attack policies that are based on core institutional pillars of the European integration project, but quite often they also challenge the very foundations of the project as such.
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- EU Law in Populist TimesCrises and Prospects, pp. 477 - 504Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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