United States and the European Union – Basic (Pre-) Constitutional Differences
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2008
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1733-2680
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"Just after the Convention on the Future of Europe started its proceedings which led
to the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (often called European Constitution)
the American example started being invoked by supporters of the Convention
efforts as historical evidence that a wide and diverse group of states may successfully
unite in order to achieve the status of a global power. The Treaty was drafted in 2003
and then amended by Member States leaders’ a year later, but it was not given a chance
to prove its ability to unite European nations, as it was rejected in popular votes
in France and Netherlands in 2005. However, the very text of the Treaty became the
base for the new one, called this time the Reform Treaty, agreed at the end of previous
year in Lisbon and supposed to enter into force at the beginning of 2009. Even
main framers of the European Constitution admit that the new Treaty “is the same
as the rejected constitution”, only changed in order to avoid any associations with
word “constitution”, blamed for defeat. It is the aim of this article to explain why the
European Union should seek its own way of building constitutional order, restraining
from any state-like ambitions, among them looking up to the United States for an
example to follow.
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Krakowskie Studia Międzynarodowe 2008, nr 1, s 229-240.