The Evolution of Enhanced Cooperation in the EU: From EnCo to PeSCo (2009–2019)

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Abstract

This chapter provides an analysis of the way(s) in which the intent(s) and design(s) of a multi-speed Europe have evolved and have been applied in practice since the mid-1990s. Section 1 focuses on the drive toward differentiation in the 90 s and points to Economic and Monetary Union as its first, implicit, example. Section 2 discusses how the Lisbon Treaty framed ‘enhanced cooperation’. Part 3 offers an overview of the few specific cases where enhanced cooperation was used (family law, patent, taxation, European Public Prosecutor Office). Section 4 then zooms in on the configuration especially designed for defense: Permanent Structured Cooperation—and its activation, while Sect. 5 analyses its implementation. Finally, the chapter presents a comparative assessment of these tools and their use to date. It highlights their correlation with one another as well as the original intent of facilitating differentiated integration within the EU.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPalgrave Studies in European Union Politics
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Pages401-431
Number of pages31
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Publication series

NamePalgrave Studies in European Union Politics
ISSN (Print)2662-5873
ISSN (Electronic)2662-5881

Keywords

  • Common Foreign and Security Policy
  • Differentiated integration
  • Enhanced Cooperation
  • EU law
  • Permanent Structured Cooperation

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