Supranational Governance at Stake

Foreword Part I: Horizontal and Transversal Issues Associated with the EUâs Supranational Competences 1. Supranationality and Sovereignty in an Era of Increasing Complexity and Fragmentation 2. The Implications of Supranationality and Legitimacy: A legal perspective 3. Configuring the Rule of Law in the EU Polity: Between supranationality and sovereignty Part II: The External Dimension of the EUâs AFSJ 4. External Unity, Institutional Complexity and Structural Fragmentation: The evolution of EU external competence in the AFSJ 5. Externalising the Policy against Trafficking in Human Beings: When supranationality meets its limits 6. Finding a Path through a Multi-headed Interregional Relationship: The EUâs action vis- -vis the ASEAN region in criminal matters Part III: The External Dimension of the EUâs Sustainable Development Efforts 7. The EUâs Legal Framework and the Limits of its External Environmental Regulatory Influence 8. Global Environmental Complexity and the Limits of the EUâs External Regulatory Actorness 9. The European Unionâs External Governance in the Area of Rural Development: Understanding the consequences Part IV: The External Dimension of the EUâs Contribution Towards Global Economic and Monetary Governance 10. Addressing the Difficulty of How to Represent the Euro Area/EU within the IMF 11. The Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and Global Macroeconomic Imbalances 12. The EUâs External Competition Policy: A Hybrid Approach Part V: Trade Policy 13. Commercial Policy: The European Union and the world trade and investment order 14. The Evolution of the EU Investment Policy since the Lisbon Treaty: From a Conservative to an Innovative Policy? 15. Investigating Supranationality in Rule-making Related to Preferential Trade Agreements CONCLUSION Various Forms of Governance beyond the State: The price to pay for the resilience of European supranationality in the face of complexity and change