Eu Enlargement: The Constitutional Impact at Eu and National Level

ISBN-13: 9789067041324 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 604 str.

Kellermann, Alfred E.

Opis

The subject of this Conference concerns the impact the enlargement of the Euro pean Union has on the constitutional provisions of both levels of European ad ministration, the national and the European level. This subject is the more attractive because the 'constitutional' impact of en largement is an essential element in the context of the 'rule of law' as one of the 1 general principles of the Union. Here a relationship does exist with objectives such as a good and transparent system of governance, a democratic legislative process, an independent judiciary and an adequate system of legal protection. As to the national level, the implications membership of the Union has for the constitutional texts of the (candidate) member States have a connection with the fundamental characteristics of Community law such as priority of European law (over national law), direct applicability and direct effect. These principles reflect the interest in ensuring that European law, once applied in the national context by the public authorities or the judiciary, is made fully effective, for the benefit not only of the public authorities but also of the ordinary citizen."

Spis treści

The European Architecture (Constitutional Order and Charter of Fundamental Rights).- Europe 2000 — The Constitutional Agenda An Outline.- Drafting a Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.- On Human Rights and the Idea of a European Charter of Fundamental Rights.- The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: A Building Block for the European Constitutional Order.- The Impact of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights on the Cadidate Countries.- Institutional and Constitutional Challenges for the European Union — Some Reflections in the Light of the Treaty of Nice.- The National Level: Impact on Constitutions and Courts of EU Member States.- The Dutch Constitution and Dutch Constitutional Values.- Constitutional Aspects of European Union Membership in the Original Six Member States: Model Solutions for the Applicant Countries?.- The British Way: The Cohabiting with Community Law.- Ireland and the European Union: Constitutional Law and Practice.- The Danish Constitutional Order.- The Spanish Constitutional Order.- The Adaptation of the Portuguese Constitutional Order to Community Law.- The European Union and the Greek Constitutional Order.- to the Problems in the Austrian, the Finnish and Swedish Constitutional Order.- The Constitutional Impact of the Forthcoming Enlargement of the EU: What can be Learnt from the Experience of the Existing Member States?.- National Level: Impact on the Constitutions and Courts of the Candidate Countries.- Europe Agreements in the Light of Sovereignty and Legitimacy: The Case of Estonia.- to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreements.- Constitutional Questions Raised by the Proposed Accession of Malta to the European Union in the General Context.- The Constitutional Impact of Enlargement at EU and National Level: The Case of the Republic of Cyprus.- to the Constitutional Problems of the Accession of Turkey.- Legal and Quasi-Legal Tresholds of the Accession of the Czech Republic to the EC.- The Impact of the European Integration Process on the Creation of the Broad Lines of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland and on the Political Practices of the Country.- Estonian Constitutional Problems in Accession to the EU.- Constitutional Amendments Due to Bulgarian Full EU Membership.- Constitutional Problems of Accession in Romania.- Constitutional Questions of the Preparation of Hungary to Accession to the European Union.- Constitutional Aspects of the Accession of the Slovak Republic to the European Union.- The Impact of the European Integration Process on the Constitution of Latvia.- Lithuania: The Constitutional Impact of the Enlargement at National Level.- Constitutional Problems in the Period of Pre-Accession in the Republic of Slovenia.- Constitutional Impact of the Eastward Enlargement in Central-Eastern Europe. Report on Session III.- IGC and Future Perspectives for the European Architecture.- The Constitutional Issues on the IGC 2000 Agenda.- Reflections on a New European Architecture.- Practical Implementation of the Challenges of Accession.- Practical Implementation by the Acceeding Candidate Countries of the Constitutional Acquis of the EU Problems and Challenges.- The Amendments of the Czech Constitution for the Accession to the European Union.- The German Experience to Meet the Challenges of Reunification.- The Impact of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in the Perspective of Enlargement.- The Constitutional Impact of Enlargement at EU and National Level Summing-Up and Conclusions.- Postscriptum.