http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/2892/petr-manousek Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 15 May 2026 01:52:25 -0400 Fri, 15 May 2026 01:52:25 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1078/on-why-the-eu-should-die-and-be-resurrected By Petr Manousek - To explain this rather harsh statement, one must first look at the current state of EU integration studies. Scholars have become too interested in every little “mystery” surrounding the organisation and then have entrenched themselves in their rigid explanations. What they have failed to acknowledge in the meantime is the overarching principle of the “return of the state” and the resulting simple yet tremendously important realisation: EU business is still done when there are 27 (ideally, but often much fewer) people sitting around a table, discussing the issue at hand.... Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1078/on-why-the-eu-should-die-and-be-resurrected