Political Actors’ Narratives on the Reforms of the European Union

Magdalena Góra is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Jagiellonian University, Poland.Elodie Thevenin is Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Jagiellonian University, Poland.Katarzyna Zielińska is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Jagiellonian University, Poland.

• 1. National and European debates on the Future of European Democracy: An Introduction 2. A Comparative Perspective on the Future of Europe Debate in National Parliaments: Mapping Democracy, Differentiation and Dominance 3. French Perspectives on the Future of Europe: Debating European Sovereignty 4. The German Debate on the Future of Europe at the End of the Merkel Era: Governmental Pragmatism and Visions from the Opposition? 5. The Greek Parliament and the Future of Europe: Between Nebulous Ideological Narratives and Conflicting Partisan Strategies on European Integration 6. Debates on the Future of Europe in the Danish Folketing: Between Economic Membership Benefits and Political Autonomy 7. Sweden and the Limits of Euro-Optimism: Pragmatic Integration or Political Reluctance? 8. The Future of Europe Debate in Poland: Old Dilemmas in the Politicised Context 9. The Hungarian Munchausen Parliament and the Future of the European Union: Debating the Contours of an Anti-Constitutional Project 10. The Czech Republic’s Efforts to Find its Place amid the European Crises of 2015–2021: No More Integration? 11. Norway as Europe’s Closest Outsider: Views of European Integration from a Non-Member 12. European Parliament Groups’ Perspectives on the Future of Europe: In the European House of Conflicting Ideas 13. Right-Wing Eurosceptic Members of the European Parliament: A Challenge to the European Future? 14. Concluding Reflections