h the present state of the EU without loosing its particular features out of sight is to regard it as a dynamic multi-level system (Jachtenfuchs/Kohler-Koch 1996). Dynamic refers to the permanent process of institutional change, multi-level system indicates that the EU includes its member states in an encompassing system while at the same time, national political, economic or legal system continue to exist. The concept itself already indicates the existence of two distinct levels and the resulting implications. This concept directs indicates the dynamic character - the constantly changing division of competencies and the permanent state of institutional change within the system, which result in numerous tensions, communication problem and misunderstandings. If the European Union is regarded as a dynamic multi-level system from a governance perspective, it is possible to study key problems of the integration process from a more general point of view and at the same time regard the possibility that the EU has developed into a unique and new type of political system. In this sense, the EU is a political system and could be compared with other political systems and their solutions of the problem of a flexible and responsible governance. However it is necessary to highlight those properties indicating that the EU is neither a state nor an international organization and probably will not develop in either direction. Uneven Europeanization. By this term it is understood the fact that functional subsystems of society are europeanized to very different degrees and that the action capacity of actors on the European level and with regard to European affairs differs widely. This is not a new point of view, but it seems that the consequences of this trend for political responsibility and governance both within the member states and of the EU are not yet sufficiently discussed. The Europeanization of functional systems does not proceed in parallel to...
