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.

Table Of Contents

1. The European Banking Union and Constitution – The Overall Challenge 

Stefan Grundmann and Hans-W Micklitz



PART I

SOME CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF EUROPEAN BANKING UNION

2. The Constitutional Dimension of Banking Union 

Takis Tridimas

3. The Thin Red Line Between the OMT Decision and the Banking Union

Alessandro Busca



PART II

EUROPEAN BANKING UNION AND FULL INTEGRATION

4. The European Banking Union and Integration 

Stefan Grundmann

5. Banking Union and the European Economic Constitution: A Brief Comparison of Regulatory Styles in Banking Regulation and Competition Law 

Heike Schweitzer

6. 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 Moloney

7. Single Resolution Board: Lost and Found in the Thicket of EU Bank Regulation 

Agnieszka Smolenska



PART III

EUROPEAN BANKING UNION, DEMOCRACY AND TECHNOCRACY

8. Some Reflections on the State of European Democracy with Regard to the Banking Union and the ECB 

Christoph Möllers

9. The European Banking Union: A Case of Tempered Supranationalism? 

Sergio Fabbrini and Mattia Guidi

10. Prudential Supervision and the European Central Bank Credit Data Registry (AnaCredit): Legal Basis and Democratic Accountability 

Federico Ferretti

11. The Internal Market and the Banking Union 

Hans-W. Micklitz

12. Should Non-participating Member States Join the Banking Union? A Legal Perspective 

Dalvinder Singh