From Unity in Diversity to Variable Geometry?

As the dust fails to settle following the June 2008 Irish referendum, Europe wonders whether this latest accident on its journey towards an unknown destination is only one more bump on the road, or whether this may mark a more fundamental turning-point. Have we reached the end of the road in terms of 'deepening' the integration project, at least at the level of EU27? Can the European Union, especially after enlargement, ever gain real democratic legitimacy?

[Full text of articles can be found in the Intereconomics Archive two years after the initial publication]

Intereconomics: Archive http://archive.intereconomics.eu/years/

ESO: Background information: Irish voters reject EU treaty http://www.europeansources.info/record/irish-voters-reject-eu-treaty/

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