European Union’s Integration through Democracy: A Different Sort of Europe

Abstract

The most pressing issue the European Union must address is how to best resolve tensions regarding integration in the areas of foreign policy, economics, and culture. The essay makes the case that one specific type of democratic integration is preferable to the two standard methods. This strategy is based on the actual democratic conciliation of integration practices that inhabitants actually participate in every day, but which are typically ignored and suppressed in the mainstream strategies.   Received: 25 October 2022 / Accepted: 30 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023