The death of ‘business as usual’ in the EU

European integration was once thought of as a largely technocratic process built around consensus, but the last decade has seen the work of the EU’s institutions become heavily politicised. Presenting evidence from a new study*, Reinout van der Veer highlighted just how pervasive the effect of this politicisation has been.

* European Union Politics, April 2018: Bread and butter or bread and circuses? Politicisation and the European Commission in the European Semester