In 2012, at the height of the sovereign debt crisis, European decision makers pushed for developing an 'ever closer union' with the formation of a European Banking Union (BU). Although it provoked widespread debate, to date there has been no coherent discussion of the political and constitutional dimensions of the European Banking Union. This important new publication fills this gap. Drawing on the expertise of recognised experts in the field, it explores banking union from legal, economic and political perspectives. It takes a four-part approach. Firstly, it sets the scene by examining the constitutional foundations of banking union. Then in parts 2 and 3, it looks at the implications of banking union for European integration and for democracy. Finally it asks whether banking union might be more usefully regarded as a trade-off between integration and democracy. This is an important, timely and authoritative collection.

The editors draw on the expertise of recognised experts in the field.

1. The European Banking Union and Constitution - The Overall ChallengeStefan Grundmann and Hans-W MicklitzPART ISOME CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF EUROPEAN BANKING UNION2. The Constitutional Dimension of Banking UnionTakis Tridimas3. The Thin Red Line Between the OMT Decision and the Banking UnionAlessandro BuscaPART IIEUROPEAN BANKING UNION AND FULL INTEGRATION4. The European Banking Union and IntegrationStefan Grundmann5. Banking Union and the European Economic Constitution: A Brief Comparison of Regulatory Styles in Banking Regulation and Competition LawHeike Schweitzer6. Technocratic and Centralised Decision-making in the Banking Union's Single Supervisory Mechanism: Can Single Market and Banking Union Governance Eff ectively Co-exist in a Post-Brexit World?Niamh Moloney7. Single Resolution Board: Lost and Found in the Thicket of EU Bank RegulationAgnieszka SmolenskaPART IIIEUROPEAN BANKING UNION, DEMOCRACY AND TECHNOCRACY8. Some Reflections on the State of European Democracy with Regard to the Banking Union and the ECBChristoph Möllers9. The European Banking Union: A Case of Tempered Supranationalism?Sergio Fabbrini and Mattia Guidi10. Prudential Supervision and the European Central Bank Credit Data Registry (AnaCredit): Legal Basis and Democratic AccountabilityFederico Ferretti11. The Internal Market and the Banking UnionHans-W. Micklitz12. Should Non-participating Member States Join the Banking Union? A Legal PerspectiveDalvinder Singh