Die halbierte Gerechtigkeit in der Europäischen Union

Abstract

The European Union is hardly concerned with issues of redistributive justice. It is one-sidedly focused on market-making policy, neglects the redistributive effects of its regulatory policies and de facto prohibits more extensive redistributive measures of its member states. The article shows that the bias of the EU is not an unintended side-effect of the integration process but one of its most important reasons. It is highly attractive for the member states to delegate competences to the EU and to use the EU as an international support mechanism for domestic reform concerns. The EU de facto functions as an instrument of the Member States to block demands for more redistributive justice.