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
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