The Future of Europe

Why this book? Johannes Pollak, Paul Schmidt, Michael Kaeding.- Foreword Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament.- Austria in Europe: Size matters - But so do ideas Johannes Pollak, Paul Schmidt.- Belgium in search of a stance on today's EU integration dilemmas Nathalie Brack, Amandine Crespy.- Bulgaria: More Europe in Domestic Politics Daniel Smilov.- Croatia: Finally in the EU but still in search for a place under the (EU) sun Jaksa Puljiz.- A future Europe for Cyprus: a struggle to overcome the utopianism of the 1990s and come to terms with the tough pragmatism of the 2020s Giorgos Kentas.- Czech Republic - a paradise for Eurosceptics? Petr Kratochvíl, Zdenek Sychra.- The Schizophrenic Danes Marlene Wind.- Has the Estonian e-Tiger been caught napping? Viljar Veebel.- Bridging the EU's political dividing lines is in Finland's security interest Juha Jokela.- France: Supporting the jobless - a job for Europe Xavier Ragot, Olivier Rozenberg.- Germany and the EU: Managing differentiation to avoid structural segregation Andreas Maurer.- Greece: Of "Future of Europe" plans and political honesty Xenophon Yataganas, A.D. Papagiannidis.- Hungary: Becoming Pioneers Again Péter Balázs.- Active participation, an Icelandic-German alliance and united Nordic front Baldur Thorhallsson.- Ireland and the EU: A Pragmatic Approach to Integration Cian McCarthy.- Italy and the EU: A Relationship with Uncertain Outcomes Sergio Fabbrini.- Latvia's Future in a Deepened EU: Fine with the Right Wine Karlis Bukovskis, Aldis Austers.- Lithuania and the EU: pragmatic support driven by security concerns Ramunas Vilpisauskas.- Luxembourg and the EU: How to Integrate in the Face of Diversity Anna-Lena Högenauer.- Malta: Small and Peripheral but Aiming for the Core

Michael Kaeding is Chairman of the Board of the Trans European Policy Studies Association. He is Professor of European Integration and European Union Politics at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, and holds an ad personam Jean Monnet Chair.
Johannes Pollak is Director of and Professor of Political Science at the Webster Vienna Private University, Austria. He is also Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, and Lecturer at the Universities of Salzburg and Vienna.
Paul Schmidt is Secretary General of the Austrian Society for European Politics in Vienna. Previously, he worked at the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, both in Vienna and at their Representative Office in Brussels at the Permanent Representation of Austria to the European Union.