Flexible Europe – Is it that much of a stretch?

ECFR's EU 28 Survey shows that there is political space for a Europe of different speeds to carry forward the European project.

On 5 September 2017, Polish President Andrzej Duda warned that the creation of a multi-speed Europe could 'break apart' the EU into 'A, B and C-class states'.

How much truth is in this claim? ECFR’s EU28 Survey – conducted among policy professionals and expert observers from all 28 member states – sheds light on how much room there is for flexible geometry in the European Union.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: EU Coalition Explorer (ECFR, 2017) http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-coalition-explorer/

ESO: Background information: Creating a ‘multi-speed Europe’ would divide the EU and diminish it as a foreign policy actor (EuroppBlog, April 2017) http://www.europeansources.info/record/creating-a-multi-speed-europe-would-divide-the-eu-and-diminish-it-as-a-foreign-policy-actor/

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