Sovereignism and its Implication: The Differentiated Disintegration of the European Union

Fabbrini, Sergio; Zgaga, Tiziano

doi:10.2139/ssrn.4118801

Cited by 5 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 22 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…As Sergio Fabbrini and Tiziano Zgaga note, “[a]fter Brexit, nationalist leaders did not consider leaving the EU a viable option. Sovereignism came in as an attempt to combine the radical critique of the EU with the choice or necessity to remain within the latter” (Fabbrini and Zgaga, 2021: 3). Sovereignism the authors underline has roots in nationalism but reflects the latter's adaptation to European integration.…”

Section: Is Populism An Existential Threat To the Eu?mentioning

confidence: 99%

In What Sense Does Right-Wing Populism Pose a Democratic Challenge for the European Union?

Fossum

2023

Social & Legal Studies

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

What kind of challenge is right-wing populism for the European Union (EU)? The EU has been frequently criticized by populists and non-populists alike for being a remote technocracy that suffers from serious democratic defects. Democratization relies on popular (and system insider) feedback, to spell out where the shortcomings are, and how these can be rectified. Does populism play this role—is it capable of playing this role—in the EU today? I discuss that under three headings: (1) Is populism a democratizing challenge for the EU? (2) Is populism a democratic challenge for the EU? (3) Is populism an existential threat to the EU? The article finds that populists dismiss the prospects for EU democracy and espouse conceptions of people, community, and values that are out of synch with the EU. Today's populists appear less concerned with abolishing the EU and more bent on altering it to serve their ends.

show abstract

Section: Is Populism An Existential Threat To the Eu?mentioning

confidence: 99%