TY - JOUR A1 - Dawson, Mark A1 - De Witte, Floris T1 - Constitutional Balance in the European Union After the Euro Crisis JF - Modern Law Review N2 - This article analyses how the European Union's response to the euro-crisis has altered the constitutional balance upon which its stability is based. It argues that the stability and legitimacy of any political system requires the structural incorporation of individual and political self-determination. In the context of the EU, this requirement is met through the idea of constitutional balance, with ‘substantive’, ‘institutional’ and ‘spatial’ dimensions. Analysing reforms to EU law and institutional structure in the wake of the crisis – such as the establishment of the ESM, the growing influence of the European Council and the creation of a stand-alone Fiscal Compact – it is argued that recent reforms are likely to have a lasting impact on the ability of the EU to mediate conflicting interests in all three areas. By undermining its constitutional balance, the response to the crisis is likely to dampen the long-term stability and legitimacy of the EU project. KW - Euro-crisis KW - EU constitutionalism KW - Economic governance KW - Constitutional balance KW - EU institutions Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12037 SN - 1468-2230 VL - 76 IS - 5 SP - 817 EP - 844 PB - Wiley-Blackwell CY - Oxford ER -