Differentiated Integration Management Through “SMART” Approach

Differentiated integration is one of the important topics in the debate of the future of the European Union. The key question we are asking is whether and how the implementation of differentiated integration can contribute to progress in cooperation and policy implementation in different spheres, avoiding bottlenecks and stagnation in the integration process, or the result would be a fragmented European Union with unpredictable development of the Member-States relations. Based on the Goal Setting Theory, the article proposes to adjust the SMART approach to the “intelligent” application of differentiated integration, ensuring its positive impact on the integration process.

 

Differentiated Integration Management Through “SMART” Approach