The Dynamics of Powers in the European Union
25 September 2024
Out now, ''The Dynamics of Powers in the European Union'' edited by Professor Christina Eckes (University of Amsterdam), Professor Päivi Leino-Sandberg (University of Helskinki) and Associate Professor Anna W Ghavanini (University of Gothenburg). The book examines how strong executive powers collaborate in the EU as a single source of consensual public power, which is not sufficiently counterbalanced by parliaments or the judiciary.
Book description
Separation of powers is the time-tested touchstone of the legitimate exercise of power in modern democracies. This collection examines decision-making in the EU's multilayered and polycentric constitutional structure through this lens.
The focus on separation of powers reveals how strong executive powers collaborate in the EU as a single source of public power, which is not sufficiently counterbalanced by parliaments or the judiciary.
The collection explores 3 policy fields marked by crisis:
- the economic and monetary union (EMU)
- migration
- trade.
Drawing on expertise from across these sectors, with a strong conceptual thread linking all the contributions, this important work illustrates how different branches of government co-determine each others' powers.