How the EU shapes and hones its identity through the language of its treaties

How does the European Union shape and hone its identity? Odelia Oshri and Shaul Shenhav (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) decipher the ways in which the EU's discourse on values has changed throughout the 60 years of integration. They show that two values dominated the Union's treaty texts - 'democracy' and 'market economy'. However, since the 1990s, new values have penetrated the discourse. ...