Zeitenwende?

Is a new era dawning for the European Union? Is the Union's vision of »ever closer union« and a gradually expanding space of free movement of goods, services, people and capital still viable in a continent wracked by such disruptive influences as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, Brexit, new security challenges, digital transformations, more intense international competition, and internal disputes over issues ranging from the rule of law and common debt financing to the future of the euro? What role can and should the European Union play in this new world? What rules and values should guide it? These questions are explored in this volume by 18 authors from different countries, disciplines and professions.