1. What is the main puzzle highlighted by the EU's political development?
2. What does the state-building lens emphasize when explaining the EU's political development?
3. Why did early integration scholarship often avoid using a state-building lens for the EU?
EU political puzzle — core issue?
Imbalance between legal authority and capacities
Limits of integration theories — focus?
Negotiation and governance, not state-building
Security vs market logics — driver?
Security: military threats; Market: economic gains
EU law state gap — key feature?
Extensive legal authority, weak coercive capacity
Eurozone fiscal capacity — absence?
No centralized fiscal tools for crisis adjustment
Migration policy — main challenge?
Lack of EU enforcement power, reliance on national sovereignty
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