Renowned scholars and practitioners discuss current issues of European integration in the areas of political science, law and related fields of research in integration. This journal contains three categories of articles: academic contributions and fundamental analyses of European policy, conference reports and literature reviews. Website: www.integration.nomos.de
The 2024 European elections shifted the balance of power in the European Parliament: while the pro-European centre of the European People’s Party (EPP), the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) and the Liberals (Renew Europe) still hold a...
Drawing on Reiner Keller’s sociological discourse analysis, as well as the social constructivist theory of Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann, and Robert Entman’s framing approach, this article analyses how the “German vote” is discursively...
This article is about the ongoing negotiations on the European Union’s (EU) Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2028–2034. They started with the European Commission’s proposals of July and September 2025 and could possibly be concluded by...
Since the 1950s, the German Länder have played a key role in shaping Germany’s European politics. This was driven by fears of a creeping erosion of federalism resulting from the transfer of powers from the Länder to the European level by the...
Civil society has increasingly been targeted by illiberal actors across the European Union (EU) in recent years. This article argues that the EU’s response remains conceptually incoherent: while the European Democracy Shield correctly identifies...