Abstract

Rebuilding social, economic, political and geographical spaces in a developing system and treating the EU as a single political entity comparable to other political systems is the main topic of this book. "Where does Europe end? Borders, Limits and Directions of the EU" is a collection of the major issues in the present debate surrounding the EU: the balance between vertical and horizontal integration, the constitutional crisis, the hybrid nature of the EU, the territorial expansion from the EU15 to the EU27, the rise of a European society.