Survival of the European (Dis) Union Responses to Populism, Nativism and Globalization

The European Union (EU) has reached crisis point. Populist and Nativist forces are militating against years of austerity economics, distant elites, and a rising tide of migration. Despite the EU's shortcomings, this book seeks to determine the future of the EU, outlining how the institution can learn lessons from the elements that have plunged much of Europe into social, economic and political turmoil. This book argues for reform not revolution. By interviewing politicians, economists, representatives of national bodies and EU citizens, this book provides unique insights never before disclosed and makes a major contribution to current debates on the future of the EU and the Eurozone.

 Chapter 1. A Hierarchy of Threats

Chapter 2. The Survival of the Euro: “Whatever it takes”

Chapter 3. Immigration: What Now?

Chapter 4. Populism

Chapter 5. The EU’s Illiberal Democracies

Chapter 6. The EU, China and their changing relations

Chapter 7. Re-Invigorating the EU Project

Chapter 8. Conclusion

John Theodore is a trained barrister and a former director of European Projects at Manchester Metropolitan University, and for over fifteen years he directed numerous multinational ERDF projects, providing business and technical support to SMEs in the UK and throughout Central and Eastern Europe. As an academic he has published in a number of international law journals and lectured in business and international law. He has been a visiting Professor at Warsaw University of Applied Sciences, Poland where he was awarded the Senate Medal of Merit. He has been a speaker at the Committee of the Regions in Brussels and a legal adviser to businesses in Central and Eastern Europe. Recent books include The European Union and the Eurozone under Stress: Challenges and Solutions for Repairing Fault Lines in the European Project (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017), and Cyprus and the Financial Crisis: The Controversial Bailout and What it Means for the Eurozone (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015).