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Forging the Iron or Chasing the Wind? New Challenges to Europe’s Governance

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Rethinking the Future of Europe

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That the EU is currently in crisis is a truism. But much more so, Europe may also be in persistent decline. Be that as it may, what is certain is that Europe finds itself today in a morose state! As Jean-Claude Juncker so aptly observed: ‘The EU of today is not exactly the embodiment of attractiveness. We are in crisis, not just any crisis but the deepest crisis of the EU ever.’1

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  1. Klaus Gretschmann
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  1. EPPA, Brussels, Belgium

    Stefan Schepers

  2. Henley Business School, UK

    Stefan Schepers  & Andrew Kakabadse  & 

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Gretschmann, K. (2014). Forging the Iron or Chasing the Wind? New Challenges to Europe’s Governance. In: Schepers, S., Kakabadse, A. (eds) Rethinking the Future of Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137024015_3

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