Stuart A. Brown European Commission and Europe's Democratic Process

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This book examines the multitude of challenges which the European Commission faces: once the centre ofpolitical gravity in Europe's integration process, the growth of Euroscepticismand the emergence of new institutional rivals threaten to undermine its statusas an institution. Tracing the roots of the Commission's decline from the early1990s through to the Eurozone and refugee crises, Stuart A Brown draws on newevidence to illustrate why the EU's executive now faces a battle for itsfuture, and asks whether in the reforms of Jean-Claude Juncker the Commissionmay be facing its last chance. This study will appeal to students and scholarsin EU institutions, politics, and public policy.