The "circular economy" package put forward by the European Commission in 2015 is an ambitious plan in the area of environmental protection. The aim of this legal framework is to replace what is nowadays referred to as the "linear economy", in which people consume and throw away, with an economic...

The European Union is portrayed as a realm of international cooperation and coordination, of convergence and cohesion (via freedoms of movement and common policies), retaining ingrained traits such as member states geopolitical competition (with national interests on collision courses,...