The argument in this chapter will be that it is not possible to understand the process of European integration without taking transnational manifestations of constituent power - understood not merely as the power to adopt and revise fundamental laws, but equally as necessarily related to forms of democratic self-government - into account. In current times of renewed attention to Treaty change and the pending idea of holding a Convention, invoking the idea of constituent power highlights the persistence of a constitutional deficit in the EU, not least in terms of an almost complete detachment of European citizens from a process of revising the Treaties and/or constituting new fundamental rules of the EU.
Blokker, P. (2026). European Integration and constituent power. Oxford : Oxford University Press.
European Integration and constituent power
Paul Blokker
2026
Abstract
The argument in this chapter will be that it is not possible to understand the process of European integration without taking transnational manifestations of constituent power - understood not merely as the power to adopt and revise fundamental laws, but equally as necessarily related to forms of democratic self-government - into account. In current times of renewed attention to Treaty change and the pending idea of holding a Convention, invoking the idea of constituent power highlights the persistence of a constitutional deficit in the EU, not least in terms of an almost complete detachment of European citizens from a process of revising the Treaties and/or constituting new fundamental rules of the EU.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
