THE GREAT RESET: RESTORING MEMBER STATE SOVEREIGNTY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION. A TWO SCENARIO PROPOSAL THROUGH INSTITUTIONAL REFORM FOR A NEW EU FROM MATHIAS CORVINUS COLLEGIUM AND ORDO IURIS INSTITUTE: A Two Scenario Proposal Through Institutional Reform for a New EU From Mathias Corvinus Collegium and Ordo Iuris Institute

Rodrigo Ballester; Damille  Devenyi; Jerzy Kwaśniewski; Jarosław  Lindenberg; Zbigniew Przybyłowski

doi:10.37873/OIPress.54

THE GREAT RESET: RESTORING MEMBER STATE SOVEREIGNTY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION. A TWO SCENARIO PROPOSAL THROUGH INSTITUTIONAL REFORM FOR A NEW EU FROM MATHIAS CORVINUS COLLEGIUM AND ORDO IURIS INSTITUTE

A Two Scenario Proposal Through Institutional Reform for a New EU From Mathias Corvinus Collegium and Ordo Iuris Institute

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Damille Devenyi

Jerzy Kwaśniewski

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Series: Reports

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37873/OIPress.54

Keywords: sovereignty, democracy, demokracja, European union, Mathias Corvinus Collegium, suwerenność , Unia Europejska

Published: June 12, 2025

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More than 70 years ago, when six Western countries established the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), few could have predicted that it would evolve into one of the world’s most powerful international organizations – one with its own currency, diplomatic core, administrative apparatus, parliament, autonomous legal order, and even a constitutional court capable of striking down national laws and imposing financial sanctions on non-compliant Member States. Yet, this transformation occurred: Over time, a single organization became three—the ECSC, the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), and the European Economic Community (EEC)—which collectively became known as the European Communities. These, in turn, evolved into what is now the European Union. What began as a relatively straightforward vision of free trade, travel and peaceful coexistence among states has culminated in an ambitious project aimed at laying the “building blocks of the new world order”, with virtually every aspect of governance in Europe today shaped by the EU in some capacity.

It is widely acknowledged that the EU today faces existential crisis. Some argue that the solution lies in “more Europe” and advocate for “speeding up the integration process”—essentially, euphemisms for further federalization. However, integration has been accelerating for decades, and not only has it failed to prevent the current crisis, but it has also instigated it. In our view, the answer lies elsewhere: in a return to the founding principles of the European project. The focus should not be on “EU sovereignty”, but national sovereignty; not judicial legislation imposed by a supranational court of unelected judges, but on the rule of law; not on the dominance of technocratic institutions, but on representative democracy; not on centralization, but subsidiarity; not on imposed regulations, but on the free market; and not on ideological censorship, but on freedom of speech.

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Ballester, R. (2025) THE GREAT RESET: RESTORING MEMBER STATE SOVEREIGNTY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION. A TWO SCENARIO PROPOSAL THROUGH INSTITUTIONAL REFORM FOR A NEW EU FROM MATHIAS CORVINUS COLLEGIUM AND ORDO IURIS INSTITUTE: A Two Scenario Proposal Through Institutional Reform for a New EU From Mathias Corvinus Collegium and Ordo Iuris Institute. Warszawa: Ordo Iuris Institute for Legal Culture - Scientific Press (Reports). doi:10.37873/OIPress.54.