Karamitsios, Yannis. Time for a European Federation:
How Europe could remain relevant in the century of globalization, climate change and the fourth industrial revolution. Peter Lang, 2022.
Book Details (https://www.peterlang.com/document/1159144)
https://www.time-for-a-european-federation.eu/
Yannis Karamitsios is a lawyer originally from Thessaloniki, Greece. Since 2006 he lives in Brussels and works as legal officer in the European Commission. He is a convinced federalist and he dedicates big part of his public action to the promotion of European and international federalism. He is an active member of the European federalist movement and has authored the book titled ‘Time for a European Federation’
The book offers a proposal for a next step in the EU integration, essentially proposing a federal Europe as a unified state, yet strengthening its known weakness in particularly in terms of its democratic deficit.
In attachment you find a critical review of the book, a short comprehense summary and a critical analysis based on academic sources. Finally, it is situated in the context of the range of federalist EU reform proposals was well as those based on the Swiss democracy model.
The book is highly recommended to understand what is a stake in Europe today, especially considering its current geopolitical challenges. It also highlights where the current Europe is lacking. As such, the proposal is well aligned with the goals of the Schuman2030 project. It is however a bit vague on how the shortcomings, that largely originated with the Lisbon Treaty have come about. The proposed power structure is a good start, open for debate.
Summary of the book Time for a European Federation by Yannis Karatmitsios