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Will the Constitutional Treaty Contribute to the Legitimacy of the European Union?
Abromeit, Heidrun; Wolf, Sebastian - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 9 (2005) 08
The article explores whether the Constitutional Treaty may provide more legitimacy for governance in the European Union … on the use of Union power are suboptimal; the EU's weak 'input legitimacy' is not strengthened. On the other side, the … enhanced legitimacy, the overall picture, albeit somewhat daunting, is not altogether bleak. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005040563
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State Isomorphism in the Post-Socialist Transition
Kyvelidis, Ioannis - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 4 (2000) 02
With the collapse of the communist regimes, the post-socialist countries are facing the problem of building new legal and institutional systems which will adequately address the needs of the markets. They also try to implement new reforms. But the transition towards economic and market reforms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004969208
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The EU Eastern enlargement: Policy choices of the Spanish government
Piedrafita Tremosa, Sonia - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 9 (2005) 01
Eastern enlargement is a process in which the very identity of the European Union is under construction, with its constitutive principles and values being challenged. Policy choices of the member governments participating in this process can not exclusively being explained by rational choice...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004969245
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The Constitution Debate
Schneider, Heinrich - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 7 (2003) 03
The paper deals with certain questions and problems of the constitutionalization of the European Union which did not receive very much attention from the Convention on the Future of Europe and from the observers of that Conventions work, but which, nevertheless, may be relevant whenever the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004969254
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Sovereignty in Conflict
Besson, Samantha - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 8 (2004) 09
risks of erosion implied by constitutional pluralism, while also enhancing the legitimacy of the European polity. This can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004969269