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The Constitutionalisation of the EU, the Europeanisation of National Constitutions, and Constitutionalism ComparedWork package 2
The purpose of studying the constitutionalisation of the EU is to obtain vital information on the prospects for supranational democracy in Europe. WP 2 analyses the impact of the dual processes of EU constitutionalisation and Europeanisation of national constitutions on the reconstitution of democracy in Europe. Which conception of democracy do these constitutional processes speak to – a national, European, or cosmopolitan reconstruction of democracy? Will they undermine or consolidate national democracy? How well do the processes and the results reflect democratic requirements? WP 2 also derives lessons from the likely defunct Laeken constitutional experience and sees this in light of relevant non-European cases of contemporary democratic constitution making. Further, through analysing constitutional adaptations at the national level we gain valuable insights into the factors that increase the democratic legitimacy of the supranational and the national levels of government, and policy implications are derived from these. More details on the research objectives of WP 2.
RECON participants WP 2: ARENA, University of Oslo Center of Political and Constitutional Studies, Madrid (until August 2008) Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid (from August 2008) Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest European University Institute, Florence Jagiellonian University, Krakow Riga Graduate School of Law University of León Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | |||||||
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