1. The Legitimation Crisis of the European Union.
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Brunkhorst, Hauke
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CONSTITUTIONS ,TREATIES ,LAW ,POLITICAL science ,PRACTICAL politics - Abstract
The article reports that although the European constitution project was rejected, Europe has long since had a constitution in the European treaties. In May and June 2005, France and the Netherlands citizens decided to vote against the proposed constitution. Several reasons why the European treaties represent a constitution for the Union is cited. The European treaties from Rome to Nice constitutionalize a union of democratic legal communities, not an arbitrary hereditary monarchy. These treaties though, are not an egalitarian constitution for the citizenry of Europe.
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- 2006
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