European integration development: scenario analysis

The subject of research in the article is the possible options for the further evolution of the integration process in the European Union (EU). The authors show that the crisis processes in the development of EU institutions have given impetus not only to Euroscepticism, but also to an intensive search for new approaches to the development of European integration. In reality, we are dealing with a complex, ambiguous and even internally contradictory process, which under any circumstances is wrong to depict only in one color, predicting a certain single trend of further development. We are talking about a number of possible options for the further evolution of the European integration process. The choice between these options will depend on the level of political volition and creativity of the respective political forces, the ability to think strategically, going beyond the narrow framework of the vision of the present and the ability to analyze the entire complex set of factors, underlying European integration, carefully and in balanced way.