The European Union after Lisbon : constitutional basis, economic order and external action of the European Union

The book contains 24 contributions from European law scholars and practitioners analysing the constitutional basis of the European Union and the normative orientation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) as well as the central economic and monetary provisions (TFEU) after the Reform Treaty of Lisbon. Presenting the findings of a European research team, which is composed of authors from eight Member States, the publication underlines the aspiration of the editors to thoroughly analyse the constitutional law of the European Union currently in force. 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 Constitutional Basis -- The Economic And Monetary Constitution Of The Union -- The Common Foreign And Security Policy. Hermann-josef Blanke, Stelio Mangiameli, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References.