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- Title
Der ‚Vertrag der Parlamente‘ als Gefahr für die Demokratie? Zu den offensichtlich unbegründeten Verfassungsklagen gegen den Vertrag von Lissabon.
- Authors
Brok, Elmar; Selmayr, Martin
- Abstract
The reform of the EU is hanging on by a thread since the Irish 'No' to the Lisbon Treaty in June 2008. Of all countries, Germany has now emerged as a country in which ratification could be endangered or at least delayed. The reason for this are two constitutional challenges against the German ratification law to the Lisbon Treaty, which are currently pending at the Federal Constitutional Court. The authors show that the new Treaty is in no way a danger to democracy, as suggested by the constitutional court challenges. Instead, because of the numerous parliament-friendly aspects, it rather deserved to be called 'Treaty of the Parliaments'. The authors explain the many ways in which the Lisbon Treaty is strengthening democracy and parliamentarianism in the EU, thereby paving the way towards a more democratic and participatory Union. Against this background, the constitutional challenges against the Lisbon Treaty are - insofar as they are admissible at all - in any case, evidently unfounded.
- Subjects
KARLSRUHE (Germany); EUROPEAN Union countries; GERMANY; REFORMS; EUROPEAN Union; RATIFICATION of treaties; BUNDESVERFASSUNGSGERICHT (Karlsruhe, Germany : Building); CONSTITUTIONAL law
- Publication
Integration (07205120), 2008, Vol 31, Issue 3, p217
- ISSN
0720-5120
- Publication type
Article