The accidental constitution: the making of Europe's constitutional treaty
The accidental constitution: the making of Europe's constitutional treaty
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- Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): Peter Norman
- Language: English
- Jurisdiction(s): Belgium
- Publication Information: Brussels : EuroComment, ©2005
- Publication Type (Medium): History
- Material: Internet resource
- Type: Book, Internet Resource
- Permalink: http://books.lawlegal.eu/the-accidental-constitution-the-making-of-europe-s-constitutional-treaty/ (Stable identifier)
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Online version: Norman, Peter, 1947- Accidental constitution. Brussels: EuroComment, ©2005 (OCoLC)763129668
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XIV, 324 pages, [8] pages of plates : ILlustrations ; 24 cm
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Bibliographic information
- Responsable Person: Peter Norman.
- Publication Date: 2005
- Copyright Date: 2005
- Location: Brussels
- Country/State: Belgium
- Number of Editions: 19 editions
- First edition Date: 2003
- Last edition Date: 2005
- General Notes: Includes index.
- Languages: English, French
- Library of Congress Code: KJE4443
- Dewey Code: 341.242
- ISBN: 9077110089 9789077110089
- OCLC: 60613505
Main Contents
A new way to reform the Union
Pressures for change
Setting up the convention
early days
Working groups and constitutions
The issues : broad constitutional questions
Who does what and how? Competences and their implementation
New or expanding policy areas
The institutions
The member states awake and the Commission confuses
Divisions among the member states
The Praesidium produces
Institutional imbroglio
The revised draft constitution
Managing the splits
Countdown to consensus
The convention after Thessaloniki
The intergovernmental Conference
The challenge of ratification
'A Constitution for Europe'.
Table of Contents
CHAPTERreface IX
Note on Sources XII
PART I
Setting up the Convention
1. A New Way to Reform the Union…3
2. Pressure for Change…6
2.1 The U ncertain Giant – 6
2.2 A New Debate on Europe's Future – 12
3. Setting up the Convention – 17
3.1 The Nice and Laeken Agendas for Europe – 17
3.2 The Choice of a Convention – 21
3.3 The Convention Triumvirate – 23
3.4 The Praesidium Forms – 27
3.5 Building the Secretariat – 31
3.6 The Conventionnels – 33
4. Early D ays – 35
4.1 Difficulties After Laeken – 35
4.2 The Opening Ceremony – 38
4.3 The Listening Phase – 40
4.4 Movers and Shakers – 43
4.5 The Listening Phase: An Evaluation – 46
4.6 Giscard's Bilateral Diplomacy – 48
4.7 Giscard's Early Performance – 49
5. Working Groups and Constitutions…51
5.1 Setting Up the Working Groups – 51
5.2 The Praesidium Ponders Constitutional Options – 54
5.3 The Skeleton – 56
PART II
Issues and Working Groups
6. The Issues: Broad Constitutional Questions…63
6.1 A Constitution or a Constitutional Treaty?… 63
6.2 The Union's Values and Objectives – 65
6.3 Religion and the Constitution – 66
6.4 The Legal Personality and the End of the Pillars – 67
6.5 The Charter of Fundamental Rights – 68
7. Who Does What and How? Competences and their Implementation
.. 72
7.1 Competences: The Respective Roles of Union and Member
States – 72
7.2 Subsidiarity and its Monitoring – 75
7.3 The Role of National Parliaments – 78
7.4 The Exercise of Power – 80
7.5 The Union's Finances – 85
8. New or Expanding Policy Areas…88
8.1 Common Foreign and Security Policy – 88
8.2 D efence – 94
8.3 The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice – 98
8.4 Economic Governance – 101
8.5 Social Europe – 104
8.6 The Legacy of the Working Groups – 106
9. The Institutions…108
9.1 Big and Small – 109
9.2 A President for the Union?… 110
9.3 The Foreign Minister – 113
9.4 The Council of Ministers and Qualified Majorities – 116
9.5 The Commission – 118
9.6 The European Parliament – 122
9.7 The Congress – 122
9.8 The Court of Justice and Other Institutions – 123
9.9 Giscard and the Institutional Debate – 124
PART III
Changing Dynamics: From Skeleton to Early Draft Articles
10. The Member States Awake and the Commission Confuses 129
10.1 The Invasion of Foreign Ministers – 129
10.2 The Franco-German Motor Starts to Turn – 133
10.3 The Commission and Penelope – 135
10.4 Benelux Defends the Community Method – 139
10.5 Concern Over the Timetable – 141
11. Divisions Among the Member States…143
11.1 Franco-German Proposals on Institutions – 143
11.2 The Sm alls Revolt – 148
11.3 Points of Attraction – 150
11.4 The Sm alls Organise – 151
11.5 The Impact of the Iraq Crisis – 153
12. The Praesidium Produces…157
12.1 The Draft Articles: An Overview – 157
12.2 Difficulties with Federalism and God – 160
12.3 Making Sense of Competences – 163
12.4 The Praesidium Under Pressure – 166
12.5 The Union's Instruments – 168
12.6 Protocols Clarify Subsidiarity and the Role of National
Parliaments – 169
12.7 The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice – 170
12.8 Union Finances – 174
12.9 The Democratic Life of the Union – 176
12.10 Union Membership – 178
12.11 The Union and Its Neighbours – 179
12.12 General and Final Provisions – 180
12.13 Pressure for a Referendum on Europe – 181
12.14 Union Leaders Decide Against Delay – 183
PART IV
The Convention End-Game
13. Institutional Imbroglio…189
13.1 G iscard's Articles – 190
13.2 Shocked Reactions – 194
13.3 The Praesidium Revisions – 195
13.4 Foreign Affairs and Defence – 201
13.5 A Basis for Further Work?9 – 205
13.6 Enhanced Cooperation Amid Continued Discord – 207
14. The Revised Draft Constitution…211
14.1 The End-M ay Texts – 212
14.2 The Revised Part I – 214
14.3 Common Foreign and Defence Proposals After Iraq – 219
14.4 Part II: The Charter of Fundamental Rights – 221
14.5 Part III: The Policies and Functioning of the Union – 221
14.6 Part IV: General and Final Provisions – 223
14.7 Giscard's Preamble – 223
15. Managing the Splits…225
15.1 Crisis in the Praesidium – 225
15.2 The European Commission: Missing in Action – 227
15.3 Britain Opts for a Single Text – 230
15.4 Giscard Prepares to Break Free – 233
16. Countdown to Consensus…235
16.1 Wednesday, 4 June – 235
16.2 Thursday, 5 June – 239
16.3 Friday, 6 June – 243
16.4 Countdown to Consensus: Week Two – 246
16.5 Wednesday, 11 June – 247
16.6 Thursday, 12 June – 251
16.7 Peace Breaks Out – 256
16.8 Verdicts at Thessaloniki – 259
17. The Convention after Thessaloniki…261
17.1 Tidying Up Part III – 261
17.2 The Last Two Days – 264
17.3 The Praesidium Meets for the Last Time – 267
17.4 Back from the Abyss – 270
17.5 The Ship Reaches Port – 273
17.6 Founding Fathers – 275
17.7 A Problematic Consensus – 277
PART V
Member States Agree a Constitution
18. The Intergovernmental Conference…283
18.1 The Italian Presidency – 283
18.2 Ireland Takes Over – 287
18.3 The Changes Wrought by the IGC – 294
19. The Challenge of Ratification…300
19.1 Britain and the IGC – 300
19.2 The UK Referendum – 304
19.3 The Ratification Challenge – 308
20. 'A Constitution for Europe'…313
20.1 An Accidental Constitution – 313
20.2 The Constitutional Treaty and the Citizen – 315
20.3 A More Efficient Union?… 320
20.4 A Treaty Rooted in Dualities – 323
Structured Subjects (Headings):
- Constitutional conventions
- Constitutional history
- Constitutional law
- European Convention
- European Union countries
- Politics and government
- Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe (2004)
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