Beyond ‘Ever Closer Union’

The Juncker Commission’s Ambition in Migration and Economic Policy

New Horizons in European Politics series

Jakov Bojović, Research Fellow and Scientific Coordinator for the Global Executive Master, European University Institute, Florence, Italy and a professional trainer in public policy communications

With novel insights into the ambitions and objectives behind President Jean-Claude Juncker’s European Commission, this innovative book elucidates how the Commission has transcended the concept of ‘ever closer union’ in its attempts to adopt a future-proof EU reform agenda in the highly contested fields of migration and economic policy.

“Bojović's empirically rich study of the Juncker Presidency will be of interest to all those seeking to understand the European Commission’s ambitions for European integration in the highly sensitive domains of economic governance and justice and home affairs.’
– Dermot Hodson, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK

“Bojović's work on the Juncker Commission is a great piece of research, which flags the centrality of supranational institutions for new intergovernmentalist scholarship. The book shows how Juncker sought to combine political ambition and complicity with intergovernmental institutions, experiencing both success and failure of Commission leadership.’
– Uwe Puetter, Europa Universität Flensburg, Germany

‘This book is a stellar analysis of the Juncker Commission, providing fresh insights into its political purposes and aspirations. Accessing the views of Brussels bureaucrats and other European policy makers, Bojović delivers a compelling account of the Commission’s goals and strategies around the critical policy concerns of European border control, migration, and asylum as well as around banking union proposals and revamping the European stability mechanism – policy episodes critical in shaping and checking the EU supranational project.’
– Diane Stone, European University Institute, Italy