@article{2017:beichelt:konsequenz, title = {Konsequenzen flexibler Integration: geringe Chancen, hohe Risiken}, year = {2017}, note = {Flexibility within the EU is often judged as a possibility to foster integration and to overcome stagna- tion. This text in contrast takes a more pessimistic position and argues from a theoretical and empiric perspective that many forms of differentiated integration would go at the expense of peripheral mem- ber states. It is also argued that empiric examples of selective integration have not shown convincing results. Consequences of flexible integration are therefore generally judged as ambivalent.}, journal = {integration}, pages = {231--238}, author = {Beichelt, Timm}, volume = {40}, number = {3} }