Making of the European Union

Foundations, Institutions and Future Trends

Sten Berglund, Professor of Political Science, University of Örebro, Sweden, Joakim Ekman, Professor of Political Science, Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden, Henri Vogt, Professor of International Politics, University of Turku, Finland and the late Frank H. Aarebrot, formerly Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, Norway

Making of the European Union argues that the process of European integration has drifted into serious crisis, perhaps the most serious since the Danes voted against the Treaty of the European Union in 1992. French and Dutch voters blatantly rejected the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe in the summer of 2005, thus freezing the constitutional process for at least a year. The outcome of these referenda indicates that the views and attitudes of average Europeans have not been sufficiently listened to.