nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20161123-135157 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 161122s2016||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20161123-135157 doi eng 342 23 Bugaric, Bojan Author aut The End of the European Union as We Know It Bugaric, Bojan Verfassungsblog 2016-11-22 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The European Union is facing a political crisis unprecedented in its 59-year history. This club of democratic countries established primarily to promote peace and prosperity in post-war Europe is facing a nationalist and populist surge that threatens the democratic principles at the very heart of the EU. Capitalizing on the European sovereign debt crisis; backlash against refugees streaming in from the Middle East, Brexit and public angst over the growing terror threat, previously fringe political parties are growing with alarming speed. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 brexit euro crisis eurocrats eurozone Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-end-of-the-european-union-as-we-know-it/ raw object