[FR] Differentiated integration in the EU: variable legitimacy

Given that the Member States and peoples of the European Union are ‘united in diversity’, it seems natural that European integration should resort to forms of differentiated integration in order to act effectively while taking this diversity into account. In today’s Europe, where political heterogeneity seems more acute than ever, deepening differentiated integration also appears to be a quasi-natural way forward for the EU.

This Policy Paper by our Director Yves Bertoncini examines the philosophical, political and institutional conditions that need to be met in order to enable a legitimate deepening of differentiation within the EU and beyond, i.e. differentiation based on solid political foundations and systems in order to serve the interests of the European peoples.

This Policy Paper concludes that differentiated integration must be deepened in three main areas: security and defence, police and judicial cooperation, and economic and monetary union.