Future European Alliance - Europe as a Flexible Democracy

Bruno Frey, Armin Steuernagel and Jonas Friedrich

No 7270, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: A reasonable future for Europe can only be achieved if two essential elements are fulfilled: Firstly, newly established institutions must be democratic and have strong support from citizens rather than from national governments. Secondly, the large number of different ethnic, cultural, religious, and regional units existing on the European continent must be able to maintain their identity. This diversity must be institutionally supported rather than be undermined by standardization and centralization. We suggest political institutions, which are formed to meet these goals, following the example of Functional, Overlapping, Competing Jurisdictions (FOCJ). If these two goals are adequately reached, a future alliance raises the identification with the European project, and induces citizens to exhibit civic virtue in strengthening these goals.

Keywords: europe; flexible institutions; identity; diversity; FOCJ; European Union (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H10 H40 K33 P40 P48 R10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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