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crisis
- The democratic deficite
Critique of the federalist approach
- Creation of a state like institutional order at the European level results in
significantgovernance capacity. Creates a dangerous distance between the governors
and governed
- External projection of federalist logic results in reproduction on the inerregonal level
Monnet and neo-functionalism
- Develop a Eruopean scale economy
- Control Germany
- Ensuring coal for French steal industry
Assumptions of neo-functionalism
- Integration would undermine state sovereignty
- States are not unified actors
- Interest groups are important international actors
- Integration would spill-over beyond power of the states
Role of national institutions
- National parlaments no longer losers – Lisbon treaty
Proposing legislation
Legal tools:
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