Not the least during the Euro crisis, the European Union has become subject to open public contestation. This politicization creates opposition to European institutions and their policies, but it also raises public awareness about the relevance and the potential of political decision-making beyond the nation state. Europe thus faces a critical juncture: On the one hand, the traditionally technocratic path of European integration seems hardly promising anymore. On the other hand, public politicization creates the necessary conditions to set European integration on a more democratic path. The long term effects of the politicization will depend on whether supranational and national political elites are able and willing to offer institutional channels for societal debates on European integration.
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