Integration Through Law and the European Union

Dr. Domenica Dreyer-Plum; Prof. Dr. Wolfram Hilz

doi:10.5771/9783748960317

Summary

‘Integration through crises’ has shaped European integration for years. However, this would not be possible without the binding nature of European law. Based on the theoretical approach of ‘integration through law’, this volume offers both political and legal perspectives to enable a better understanding of European integration processes. Developments in the field of asylum and during the Covid pandemic are examined, as is the significance of European case law in relation to fundamental freedoms and the rule of law. Other contributions focus on the EU's budgetary policy under the guiding principle of ‘integration through financing’. The book is aimed at political scientists and legal scholars as well as readers interested in European politics.
With contributiony by Domenica Dreyer-Plum | Wolfram Hilz | Anna Wenz-Temming | Jared Sonnicksen | Susanne K. Schmidt | Clemens Ladenburger | Marcin Gorski | Darinka Piqani | Ruth Weber This Title is also Available as Open Access.

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Copyright year: 2025
ISBN-Print: 978-3-7560-2478-0
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-6031-7
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Schriftenreihe des Arbeitskreises Europäische Integration e.V.
Volume: 109
Language: English
Pages: 243
Product type: Edited Book

PrefacePages 1 - 6 Download chapter (PDF)
1. Domenica Dreyer-Plum, Wolfram Hilz Download chapter (PDF)
  1. 1. European Union: The Legal Community
  2. 1. 2.1 Understanding the Link between Law and European Integration
    2. 2.2 Sovereignty Claims vs. Legitimacy Deficits
    3. 2.3 Rule of Law and the Legal Community: Resilience in Times of Crisis
    4. 2.4 EU Perceptions in Light of Financial Instruments and Crisis Management
    5. 2.5 Results and Outlook
2. Domenica Dreyer-Plum Download chapter (PDF)
  1. 1. Classic: Integration Through Law by Jurisprudence
  2. 2. Strategic: „Big on big things“ versus Everyday European Legislation Lost in Details
  3. 3. Legitimacy and Sovereignty of the Commission
  4. 4. Controversial: Juridification of Values versus ‘Regression Through Law’
  5. 5. Creative: Integration Through Funding
  6. 6. Outlook: Integration Through a Legally Sound Financing Architecture
1. Domenica Dreyer-Plum Download chapter (PDF)
  1. Abstract
  2. 1. Introduction: The Legal Backbone of European Integration Processes
  3. 2. “Integration Through Law” – a Theory Approach that Captures Judicialisation
  4. 3. Integration Through Law and European Law
  5. 4. Introducing the Concept of Legal Culture
  6. 5. Legal Culture and Normativity in the European Union
  7. 6. Conclusion
2. Domenica Dreyer-Plum, Anna Wenz-Temming, Jared Sonnicksen Download chapter (PDF)
  1. Abstract
  2. 1. Introduction: Law as Narrative and Transformation Processes
  3. 2. Ideas and Narratives in Politics and Political Discourse
  4. 3. Law as Narrative in Transformation Process: Towards an Analytical Framework
  5. 4. Climate Politics and the Use of Law within Narrative Strategies
  6. 5. Conclusion and Outlook: Law as Narrative
1. Susanne K. Schmidt Download chapter (PDF)
  1. Abstract
  2. 1. Introduction: Vertical and Horizontal Dynamics and Integration Processes
  3. 2. Integrating Through Law
  4. 1. 1. 3.1.1 Implementing Agreed Secondary Law
      2. 3.1.2 Complying with Case Law Constraints
      3. 3.1.3 Coping with Vertical Dynamics
    2. 1. 3.2.1 Member States’ Reactions to Non-Compliance
      2. 3.2.2 Regulatory Competition in the Single Market
    3. 3.3 Perpetual Dynamics?
  5. 4. Conclusion
2. Clemens Ladenburger Download chapter (PDF)
  1. Abstract
  2. 1. Introduction: Regulation for Governance
  3. 2. Channels for Input to the Commission’s Legislative Work Programme
  4. 1. 3.1 Migration, Asylum and Border Controls
    2. 3.2 Travel Restrictions During the COVID Pandemic
  5. 4. Conclusion
1. Marcin Górski Download chapter (PDF)
  1. Abstract
  2. 1. 1.1 How the Rule of Law was Deteriorated in Poland – Methods, Symptoms and Motivations
    2. 1.2 Constitutional Background: Immanent Ineffectiveness
    3. 1.3 The Society Deeply Divided with Large Societal Sectors Underprivileged and Discriminated
    4. 1.4 Very Weak Legal Culture and Deep Distrust of State Institutions
  3. 1. 1. 2.1.1 Social Networking of the Civil Society
      2. 2.1.2 Relatively Strong Private Sector
      3. 2.1.3 Independent Media
    2. 1. 2.2.1 Dispersed Constitutionality Review
      2. 2.2.2 Constitutional Neuroplasticity – International Courts Taking over the Role of “the [Polish] Constitutional Court in Exile”
      3. 2.2.3 Preliminary References
      4. 2.2.4 Applications to the ECtHR
      5. 2.2.5 More Extensive Use of Provisional Measures by International Courts
      6. 2.2.6 Increasing Use of Interpretative Strategies Against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation
  4. 1. 3.1 Insufficient Legal-Constitutional Education of the Society
    2. 3.2 Insufficient International Financing of NGOs and Independent Media
    3. 3.3 Strict Scrutiny versus ‘Permissive’ Constitutional Adjudication and Insufficient Clarification of Judicial Decisions
    4. 3.4 Lack of Accession to Protocol 16 to the ECHR (Advisory Opinions)
    5. 3.5 Insufficient Mechanism of Judicial Execution of Judgments of the ECtHR
    6. 3.6 Insufficient Enforcement of Lawyers’ Deontology by Disciplinary Panels
    7. 3.7 Unclear and Insufficiently Legitimised Processes of Judicial Appointments
  5. 4. The EU Context
  6. 5. Conclusion
2. Darinka Piqani Download chapter (PDF)
  1. Abstract
  2. 1. Introduction: Rule of law as Constitutional Principle
  3. 2. The Early Constitutionalisation of the EU Legal Order and the Role of the Court of Justice
  4. 3. The Emergence of the Rule of Law as one of the Founding Values of the EU: Towards Further Constitutionalisation?
  5. 1. 4.1 The Commission
    2. 4.2 The Role of the Court of Justice
    3. 4.3 The Legislator Adds to the Definitional Jigsaw of the Rule of Law in the EU and the Court Embarks into the (Constitutional) Identity Discourse
  6. 1. 5.1 Cementing a Constitutional Order Beyond Effectiveness and Autonomy
    2. 5.2 Full Emancipation of (the Rule of Law in) Article 2 TEU as a Self-Standing Enforceable Principle?
  7. 6. Conclusion
1. Ruth Weber Download chapter (PDF)
  1. Abstract
  2. Introduction
  3. 1. 1.1 Static Understanding
    2. 1.2 Dynamic Understanding
  4. 1. 2.1 Transitioning From Financial Contributions to Own Resources to Deepen Integration?
    2. 2.2 Introduction of GNI-based Own Resources as a Step Backwards in Terms of Integration?
    3. 2.3 Stagnation of Reform Discussions Ever Since?
  5. 1. 1. 3.1.1 General Legal Framework
      2. 3.1.2 NextGenerationEU
    2. 1. 3.2.1 General Legal Framework
      2. 3.2.2 Plastic Own Resources
  6. Conclusion and Outlook: ‘Integration Through Funding’ and/or ‘Integration Through Law’?
2. Domenica Dreyer-Plum, Anna Wenz-Temming Download chapter (PDF)
  1. Abstract
  2. 1. Integration Induced by Crisis – Promoting Integration Through Funding
  3. 2. State of the Art: Differing Approaches to Explaining EU Crisis Management
  4. 3. Theoretical Approach and Research Design
  5. 1. 4.1 Results of Bargaining During the Financial Crisis
    2. 4.2 Conditionality vs. Confidence in Financial Crisis Resolution
    3. 4.3 Partners and Coalition-Building in Financial Crisis Resolution
    4. 4.4 Power Relations in Financial Crisis Governance
    5. 4.5 Results of Crisis Response Bargaining During COVID-19
    6. 4.6 Solidarity and Conditionality in COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis Resolution
    7. 4.7 Partners and Coalition-Building in Pandemic Crisis Resolution
    8. 4.8 Power Relations in COVID-19 Crisis Governance
  6. 5. Conclusion
1. Domenica Dreyer-Plum Download chapter (PDF)
  1. 1. Law and Integration Through Law
  2. 2. Legitimacy and Integration Through Law
  3. 3. Rule of Law and Integration Through Law
  4. 4. Self-Conception and Integration Through Law
  5. 5. Conclusion and Outlook