%0 Book Section %T Introduction: Understanding the European Union in the 21st century %+ Sciences Po Saint-Germain-en-Laye (SPSGL) %+ Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques [FNSP] %+ Centre de recherches internationales (Sciences Po, CNRS) (CERI) %A Faure, Samuel B.H. %A Lequesne, Christian %@ 9781800883420 %B The Elgar Companion to the European Union %E Samuel B. H. Faure, Christian Lequesne (eds) %I Edward Elgar Publishing %P 1-11 %8 2023-04-25 %D 2023 %R 10.4337/9781800883437.00007 %K European Union %K European integration %K regionalism in Europe %K EU public policies %K EU governance %K EU in the world %Z Humanities and Social Sciences/Political scienceBook sections %X There is often a temptation to analyse the European Union through its crises. However, it isan analytical limit to consider the European Union only in terms of crises. It also producesrules on a daily basis that affect the economic and political future of European Member Stateswithout necessarily being the subject of extensive conflict. There is a normality in the politicalwork of the European Union that must not be forgotten simply because of the focus on historymaking events such as Brexit or the debt crisis within the Economic and Monetary Union. Foranyone thinking about a Companion to the European Union, the question of its structure andspecial added value immediately arises. The main challenge is precisely how to capture thenormality of the European Union’s politics without neglecting moments of crisis and politicalbreakdown. This is exactly what we are proposing in this edition. %G English %L hal-04087811 %U https://sciencespo.hal.science/hal-04087811 %~ SHS %~ SCIENCESPO %~ CNRS %~ AO-SCIENCEPOLITIQUE %~ CERI