Matter on the Legitimacy of the European Union in the light of the Constitutional Draft Treaty (Propos sur la Légitimité de l'Union Européenne à la Lumière du Projet de Traité Constitutionnel)

8 Pages Posted: 29 Mar 2008

Date Written: February 2005

Abstract

This short paper (in French) structures some basic thoughts on the legitimacy of the European Union and the contribution of the (aborted) EU Constitution to close so-called legitimacy gaps in the EU governance process. It outlines the general context in which legitimacy issues arose in the EU and describes how the EU Constitution attempted to initiate a process of re-legitimization of the European Union. This paper served as an outline in preparing for the conference held in Brussels on February 16, 2005 at the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Olivaint Conference of Belgium.

Keywords: Legitimacy, governance, European Union, Constitution

JEL Classification: H10

Suggested Citation

Gerard, Damien M. B., Matter on the Legitimacy of the European Union in the light of the Constitutional Draft Treaty (Propos sur la Légitimité de l'Union Européenne à la Lumière du Projet de Traité Constitutionnel) (February 2005). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1113436 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1113436

Damien M. B. Gerard (Contact Author)

University of Louvain - CeDIE ( email )

Place Montesquieu, 2
Louvain-la-Neuve, 1348
Belgium

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