Constructing Europe Through Mobility

Abstract

Promoting mobility through the development of the principle of free movement of people, goods, services and capital has been a cornerstone of the European integration process. This article offers a synthesis of the different European policies that have contributed to the development of this principle. Three types of policies are identified and analyzed: mobility regulation policies, investment policies for the equipment of European territory, and incentive policies to promote mobility. This analysis contributes to contextualize the current crisis of the principle of free circulation and advocates for an analytical critique (neither isolationist nor ultraliberal) of mobility. Received: 07 February 2017 Accepted: 16 March 2017 Published online: 02 May 2017

Keywords

• mobility
• Europe
• free movement