Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 2,0, Technical University of Darmstadt, language: English, abstract: The European integration is a much debated topic. Where does the integration process lead to? Can it be sucessfull at all? This essay asks the question if the European communtiy can be conceptualised on the basis of a European social contract and if the idea of a European social contract can serve as a basis for the future of the European polity.