Constitutional Treaty
The French Rejection of the European Constitutional Treaty: Implications of a National Debate for Europe’s Union. EUMA Papers, Vol. 7 No. 13 May 2007
... In the security realm, a European Union doted with a foreign minister and a common defense to assert its relevance beyond that of a ‘civilian power’ also reflects longstanding French preferences. The paradoxical nature ...
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National/Regional Parliaments and EU Decision-Making under the New Constitutional Treaty. EIPA Working Paper 2005/W/02
... prepare treaty revisions was ...no treaty-base for this arrangement, but neither was it ...draft constitutional treaty which was to a large extent accepted by the ...about treaty ...
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The influence of the voter’s occupation on their voting behavior in the European Constitutional Treaty Referendum
... European Constitutional Treaty (ECT) is the only treaty of the European Union that never entered into force, because of the rejection of the French and Dutch voters in a national ...
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What Prospects for the European Constitutional Treaty? – Monitoring the Ratification Debates. Results of an EPIN survey of national experts. CEPS EPIN Working Papers No. 12, 1 January 2005
... the Constitutional Treaty, we found that the argument that is used most frequently concerns the incorporation of the Charter of Fundamental ...the Treaty “will threaten social legislation, widen the ...
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The Road Not Taken: Why the Dutch Referendum on the Constitutional Treaty ‘Made All The Difference’ for Europe. EIPA Working Paper 08/W/2005
... European Constitutional Treaty was a rejection of a document that citizens did not understand, and which Dutch people strongly perceived as a threat to The Netherlands’ ...
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European Commission from its Establishment and Forecast in the European Constitutional Treaty
... The Constitutional Treaty provides as well the creation of the post of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Union which would unite the current functions of the Commissioner with the External Relations ...
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From Structure to Substance: Has the Constitutional Treaty improved the Chances for a Common Foreign and Security Policy? Research Papers in Law, 6/2005
... However, we do find a number of innovative proposals in the Constitutional Treaty. The most important of these is the introduction of an EU Minister for Foreign Affairs who will be tasked with “conducting” ...
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Connecting National and Supranational Democracy: Lessons from the Making of the EU Constitutional Treaty
... themselves in favour of holding a referendum but failed to gather the required political support. Eventually, a majority of 15 of the 25 EU member states stuck to parliamentary ratification. Among the ten member states ...
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Update on the Ratification Debates: What Prospects for the European Constitutional Treaty? Results of and EPIN Survey of National Experts. CEPS EPIN Working Papers No. 13, 1 May 2005
... the Constitutional Treaty will entail a loss of sovereignty for the Netherlands or whether there are sufficient checks and balances in place to ensure that Dutch interests are appropriately ...EU ...
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Council Voting in the Constitutional Treaty: Devil in the Details. CEPS Policy Briefs No. 53, 1 July 2004
... the Constitutional Treaty’s double-majority voting rules would have maintained the enlarged EU’s ability to act, the botched Nice Treaty rules will continue to govern the Council’s decision-making up to ...
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No Constitutional Treaty? Implications for the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice. CEPS Working Documents No. 231, 1 October 2005
... the Constitutional Treaty for policies under the rubric of “Freedom, Security and Justice” and considers the implications of its ...the Treaty on European Union (TEU), ‘Provisions on Police and ...
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"Dynamics and countervailing pressures of visa, asylum and immigration policy Treaty revision: explaining change and inertia from the Amsterdam IGC to the Constitutional Treaty"
... Draft Constitutional Treaty which increased the weight and impact of the Convention text and made it difficult for negotiators at the IGC to (considerably) depart from this ...
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"Conceptualising Common Commercial Policy Treaty revision: explaining dynamics and inertia from the Amsterdam IGC to the Constitutional Treaty"
... two Treaty revisions was the greater favourable impact of socialisation, deliberation and learning processes in the Convention which also influence the Constitutional Treaty ...
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L'Avenir du Traité Constitutionnel = The Future of the Constitutional Treaty. Egmont European Affairs Publication, 2006
... Ce n’est pas, comme les eurosceptiques aimeraient le croire et le faire croire, la construction européenne dans son ensemble qui a été rejetée par l’électeur mais, dans un contexte parti[r] ...
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The Draft Constitutional Treaty: Between Problem-Solving Treaty and Rights-Based Constitution. EIPA Working Paper 04/W/2005
... Having said that, there are aspects of its drafting and its perceived role in the EU that affect the sa- lience of the Fundamental Rights provisions of the Treaty to serve as vehicles for the rights-based con- ...
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Decision-Making and the Constitutional Treaty: Will the IGC discard Giscard? CEPS Policy Brief No. 37, August 2003
... The basic QMV procedure has been unchanged since its origin in the 1958 Treaty of Rome. Each member’s minister casts a certain number of votes, with more populous members having more votes. The vote allocation, ...
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Deadlock avoided, but sense of mission lost? The Enlarged EU and its Uncertain Constitution. CEPS Policy Briefs No. 92, 1 February 2006
... the Constitutional Treaty really provide the rescue net that could ensure a soft landing for the EU? A look at the different institutions and some of the key changes that the Constitution would have ...
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The European Union's Competence in International Trade After the Treaty of Lisbon
... previous EU Treaties were negotiated largely in secret among diplomats and heads of state or government, the Constitutional Treaty was prepared in a transparent manner by a European Convention. 71 It was ...
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The Fiscal Anatomy of Multilevel Governance: The EU and the Regulation of Taxation
... The common conviction of both conceptualizations of multilevel governance disussed above is that the EU has no taxing power. In Tanja Börzel’s analysis of the level and scope of EU policy-making over time, taxation ...
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The Reform Treaty and Justice and Home Affairs - Implications for the common Area of Freedom, Security and Justice. CEPS Policy Brief No. 141, 17 August 2007
... the Constitutional Treaty (article III-274), the IGC Mandate introduced yet another ‘enhanced cooperation mechanism’ allowing one third of member states to cooperate with each other in case the necessary ...
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