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Intergovernmental Conference 1996: Which Constitution For The Union?
Author(s) -
Nentwich Michael,
Falkner Gerda
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
european law journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1468-0386
pISSN - 1351-5993
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0386.1996.tb00019.x
Subject(s) - constitution , european union , political science , european integration , politics , treaty , pillar , political union , european union law , member states , law , law and economics , international trade , sociology , economics , engineering , structural engineering
This paper addresses the five major structural issues on the agenda of the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference of the Member States of the European Union: the option of replacing the treaty framework by a European constitution; the issue of fundamental rights in the Union; the future of the three‐pillar structure; the puzzling question of how to allow for variations in European integration without endangering unity; and, finally, the political ‘evergreen’ of the division of competences between the Union and its Member States. The analysis is based on contributions by EC institutions and prominent groups of experts and scholars published before the political bargaining started.