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Jared Sonnicksen

Jared Sonnicksen is Professor of Political Systems at the Institute of Political Science, RWTH Aachen University, whose work spans Comparative Politics, Federalism and Multilevel Governance, and Disability and Inclusion. Among his publications, he is co-author with Dirk Jörke of “Towards an Antifederalist Theory of the EU” (2020), co-editor with Arthur Benz of Federal Democracies At Work. Varieties of Complex Government (2021), and author of Tensions of American Federal Democracy. Fragmentation of the State (2022).]

Photo: 'EU flags at the European Commission Berlaymont building,' by Photo by Guillaume Périgois on Unsplash

A Democratic EU Is Possible: Building A Federal Polity

September 24, 2026

Jared Sonnicksen (RWTH Aachen University) argues that supranational democratization of the EU remains possible. He reflects on the parallels between the federal... Read more.