European Parliament groups’ perspectives on the future of Europe: In the European house of conflicting ideas

Elodie Thevenin, Resul Umit
(2026) In M. Góra, E. Thevenin, & K. Zielińska (Eds.), Political actors’ narratives on the reforms of the European Union: Future visions of Europe? (1st ed., pp. 207–224). Routledge

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The European Parliament offers a unique opportunity to examine how the European Union’s future is debated — by the supranational representatives of its citizens. This chapter therefore analyses a selection of plenary debates related to the future of the European integration, focusing on the reform proposals put forward by European political groups concerning key democratic issues, such as differentiated integration and dominance within the Union. This reveals nuanced differences between and within the groups that go beyond the simplistic pro- versus anti-European integration divide.