Panel 5: Demoi-cracy or Domination? Normative Perspectives on Differentiated Integration

This year's Annual Conference is organised around the topic of differentiated integration. The conference will examine the development of differentiated integration within the EU, focusing on both its promises and its pitfalls. Speakers will cover internal and external dimensions of differentiation, including Brexit, linking academic research to current political debates about the future of European integration. The Annual Conference is part of ACES's programme as a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence.

Panel 5: Demoi-cracy or Domination? Normative Perspectives on Differentiated Integration

Does differentiated integration advance democracy by allowing the EU’s multiple demoi or peoples greater scope to chose the extent to which they are willing to pool their sovereignty with others across different policy domains? Or does it lead instead to an increase in domination, as the choices of some member states are effectively subordinated to those of their larger and more powerful neighbours? In this panel, two prominent political theorists will debate the normative implications of differentiated integration for European democracy.

Speakers: Richard Bellamy (UCL/Exeter/InDivEU), John Erik Fossum (ARENA Oslo/EU3D)

Moderator: Ben Crum (VU Amsterdam)