Les apports de la Constitution pour l’Europe à la Théorie du Fédéralisme

1. De quelques vrais ou faux débats: constitution c. traité; fédération c. confédération. A. Constitution c. traité. B. fédération c. confédération. C. La consécration du droit de sécession. – 2. Les rapports entre les Constitutions nationales et la Constitution pour l’Europe. A. La reconnaissance des structures constitutionnelles nationales et la loyauté vis-à-vis de l’Union. B. Le déplacement de l’article consacrant la primauté. – 3. De quelques autres innovations de la Constitution pour l’Europe. ________________________________________ Malgrat l’aturada del procés de ratificació i l’entrada en vigor després dels resultats dels referèndums francès i holandès, l’autor considera igualment útil continuar analitzant el Tractat pel qual s’institueix una Constitució per a Europa, el qual, a curt o mitjà termini haurà de tornar a tenir un paper decisiu en la construcció europea. Sobre aquesta base analitza el debat sobre si és un tractat o una constitució, sobre si institueix una federació, una confederació o quelcom diferent, i analitza algunes de les seves característiques més rellevants, com ara la consagració d’un dret de secessió dels membres, el reconeixement de les estructures institucionals nacionals i la manera de regular la relació entre els estats i la Unió, el paper del principi de primacia, l’estructura institucional comunitària o algunes particularitats del procés de revisió.This article analyzes the role that in the medium and long term the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe will have eventually in the process of European integration. In spite of the failed results of the French and Dutch referenda for its ratification, the Treaty, claims the author, will readopt a central role in the future of the European Union. From this perspective, the author explores different aspects and features of the Treaty: he firstly deals with the debate about the nature of the Treaty itself, that is, whether it is just a treaty or whether it can be considered a constitution; secondly, the discusses about the possible political directions the Treaty sets for Europe: whether it establishes a path for a federation, a confederation or a third way. Thirdly, the author looks at other central features of the Treaty such as the right of secession of the Member States, the recognition of national institutional structures, the establishment of the European Union’s institutions, the regulation of relations between the European Union and the Member States, and the primacy principle

The European Union and the Territorial Scope of European Territories

In this paper Professor Ziller addresses the intriguing question of the relationship of the European Union – which is not a state and which has no territory of its own – to the territories of EU Member States. The paper provides a survey of the overseas territories affected and the evolution of the case law of the European Court of Justice on the extent to which the provisions of the EC Treaty apply to the European territories overseas

A União Europeia como potência global? As alterações do Tratado de Lisboa na política externa e de defesa

Este artigo aborda as alterações que o Tratado de Lisboa introduziu na política externa e de defesa, tendo em conta a gradual alteração do conceito estratégico da União Europeia que pretende transformá-la numa potência global. Começa por enquadrar a intervenção da União Europeia na política internacional, com a adoção de uma política externa e de segurança pelo Tratado de Maastricht. Em seguida, refere as inovações do Tratado de Lisboa nessa política, analisando os aspectos de maior relevo