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When Failure isn't Failure: European Union Constitutionalism after the Lisbon Treaty *
Author(s) -
SCICLUICOLE
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
jcms: journal of common market studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.54
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1468-5965
pISSN - 0021-9886
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2011.02239.x
Subject(s) - treaty , constitutionalism , federalist , political science , european union , treaty of lisbon , member states , law , identity (music) , power (physics) , law and economics , international trade , democracy , sociology , economics , philosophy , politics , physics , quantum mechanics , aesthetics
The Constitutional Treaty's attempt to turn the peoples of Europe into a much more coherent citizenry, bound together by a common identity, was not successful. Moreover, its failure greatly damaged the federalist cause. Member States retain significant power to constrain supranational agendas in the post‐Lisbon Treaty European Union.