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Intro -- Series Editor's Preface: A Wisdom Was Passed, While His Academic Big Fruits Are Still Alive -- 序 : 哲人其 硕果 存 (A Wisdom Was Passed, While His Academic Big Fruits Are Still Alive) -- Foreword I: Commentary on Prof. Lingliang Zeng's Academic Thought of International Law -- Academic Life of Prof. Lingliang Zeng -- Professor Lingliang Zeng's Theoretical Contributions to International Law Studies in China -- Actively Advocated the Construction of International Law from a Chinese Perspective -- Strong Support to Promote the Innovation in International Law Ideas and Principles Based on the Belief of a Community of Common Destiny -- Demonstrated Dialectics of Sovereignty in a Scientific Manner -- Precisely Elaborated the Humanizing Tendency of Contemporary International Law -- Clarified the Interactions Between China's Peaceful Development and Contemporary International Law -- Advocated Building China's Discourse System of International Law -- Called for Attention to Value the Role of International Law in China's Rule of Law and National Governance -- Professor Lingliang Zeng's Pioneering Research on EU Law -- Professor Lingliang Zeng's Original Research on WTO Law -- Foreword II: Prof. Lingliang Zeng and EU Law Teaching & -- Studies in China -- Always Respected Professors, and Built on the Past Achievements of His Predecessors -- Started Studying EU Law Abroad by Chance, and Remained True to His Original Aspiration in the Changing Times -- Followed the Steps of His Predecessors, and Deeply Connected with Luojia Hills -- Built on the Past Achievements of His Predecessors, Laid Solid Foundation for the EU Law Discipline, and Promoted the Discipline Development -- Profound Insights and Originality -- Filled in Gaps in Domestic Studies, and Proposed New Ideas and Insights.

This article discusses the recent debate between Jürgen Habermas and Wolfgang Streeck on the relationship between capitalism and democracy in Europe. The article recounts Streeck's analysis of the financial crisis, the transformation of the tax state into the debt state, and the development of the EU towards an international consolidation state, which informs Streeck's call for a retreat from Europe to the nation-state as the last line of defense against neoliberal capitalism. The article proceeds to sketch Habermas's criticism of Streeck's argument, and it illustrates how Habermas' proposal for a reconstitution of the EU as a supranational democracy is motivated by foundational concerns in his critical theory of society. Finally, the article argues that the debate results in an unresolved dilemma: while only a democratized EU can reestablish the supremacy of politics over globalized markets, the EU is more likely to become further entrenched as an international consolidation state.