Europe Reset: New Directions for the EU - Softcover

Youngs, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1788310578 ISBN 13: 9781788310574

Publisher: I.B. Tauris, 2018

Synopsis

In the last decade, the EU has been hit by a series of crises, most recently the UK's decision to leave the union following the Brexit referendum. In light of this, questions have been raised about the need to reform the whole model of European integration, with the aim of making the union more flexible and more accountable. In this book, Richard Youngs proposes an alternative vision of European co-operation and shows how the EU must re-invent itself if it is to survive. He argues that citizens should play a greater role in European decision-making, that there should be radically more flexibility in the process of integration and that Europe needs to take a new, more coherent, approach to questions of defence and security. In proposing this model for a `reset' version of Europe, Youngs reinvigorates the debate around the future of Europe and puts forward a new agenda for the future of the EU.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard Youngs is Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe and Professor of International Relations at the University of Warwick. He was previously Director of the European think-tank FRIDE and has held positions in the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, as an EU Marie Curie fellow and as a Senior Fellow at the Transatlantic Academy in Washington, DC. Youngs has authored 11 books, including recently Europe's Eastern Crisis and Europe in the New Middle East.

Review:

"In his latest (informative and entertaining) text, Richard Youngs, professor of international relations at the UK’s University of Warwick, identifies the EU’s chief problem as being a question of shallow democratic procedures...” (EU Reporter 2017-12-12)

"Citing a series of crises including Brexit, Youngs argues that the EU needs to be reformed to secure its future. He suggests a 'reset' of the European model."

(Jessica Watson, "Brief Notices" in Survival: Global Politics and Strategy, June 2018 2018-07-25)

About this edition

• Publisher: I.B. Tauris
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1788310578
• ISBN 13: 9781788310574
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256