The European Union After Lisbon: Constitutional Basis, Economic Order and External Action

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The European Constitution’s Prospects....Pages 3-19
The Union’s Homogeneity and Its Common Values in the Treaty on European Union....Pages 21-46
The Union’s Legal Personality Ideas and Questions Lying Behind the Concept....Pages 47-70
Desiring a Democratic European Polity: The European Union Between the Constitutional Failure and the Lisbon Treaty....Pages 71-91
The Institutional Design of the European Union After Lisbon....Pages 93-128
The Role of National Parliaments in the EU....Pages 129-157
The Protection of Fundamental Rights in Europe....Pages 159-232
The Rule of Law in the Case Law of the Strasbourg Court....Pages 233-249
The Relations Between the EU Court of Justice and the Constitutional Courts of the Member States....Pages 251-278
The Concept of Citizenship in the European Union....Pages 279-293
The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the Union as a Source of Law....Pages 295-310
The Distribution of Competences Between the Union and the Member States....Pages 311-322
The Revision Procedures of the Treaty....Pages 323-342
Withdrawal from the Union....Pages 343-365
Front Matter....Pages 367-367
The Economic Constitution of the European Union....Pages 369-419
The Treaty of Lisbon and the Economic and Monetary Union....Pages 421-441
Public and Private Enforcement of EU State Aid Law....Pages 443-467
Front Matter....Pages 469-469
The Role and the Interactions of the European Council and the Council in the Common Foreign and Security Policy....Pages 471-479
The Role of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy....Pages 481-493
Initiative and Voting in Common Foreign and Security Policy: The New Lisbon Rules in Historical Perspective....Pages 495-515
Front Matter....Pages 469-469
The Intergovernmental Branch of the EU’s Foreign Affairs Executive....Pages 517-532
Decisions on Operational Action and Union Positions: Back to the Future?....Pages 533-549
Permanent Structured Cooperation: A New Mechanism of Flexibility....Pages 551-565
The Financing of Common Foreign and Security Policy – on Continuity and Change....Pages 567-582