The debate about the European Union polity in light of the war in Ukraine
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.60054/PEU.2022.9.37-47Keywords:
European Union, polity, values, Ukraine, warAbstract
The war in Ukraine presented radically new challenges to the European Union and its Member States of political, economic and security nature. It has brought about new perspectives on the fundamental principles and values of the Union, on the freedoms and responsibilities upheld and cherished by the Union, its societies and peoples, as well as on European solidarity and cooperation. Some interpret these new realities as a precondition for further European Unity, others see it as the reason for emancipation of Central European Members States who now finally become full members of the “EU Club”, while yet others point to the new geopolitical role which the EU might take in the international system. French President Macron even put forward an idea about an enlarged European political community, based on shared values with the Western liberal democracies. The resolve and unity shown by the European Union in the months since Russia’s invasion in Ukraine also merits the attention of the academic and expert debate. The paper looks into alternative paradigms about the European political integration in the context of these developments and discusses their contribution for the development of European polity.
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