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‘The European Union has become the most politically influential, economically powerful and demographically diverse regional entity in the world.’ Discuss.

  • UPSC 2015
  • 15 marks
  • Regionalisation of World Politics

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The statement makes three distinct claims. Integration theory treats the EU as sui generis: neither a state nor an ordinary international organisation. Its growth from six members to 27 is often explained through neofunctionalist spill-over. The evidence is strongest on the economic claim and weakest on the political one.

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  • Economically powerful: largely true
  • Politically influential: partly true
  • Demographically diverse: debatable
  • Deepening and its limits
  • Conclusion
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