| Il passaggio (incompiuto?) dalla logica internazional/comunitaria del sistema UE/CE ad una logica interna/costituzionale/federale dell’Unione |
| Fascicolo 2003-4 |
| Scritto da Morbidelli Giuseppe |
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Sommario 1. I termini del problema. – 2. Indici rivelatori della natura costituzionale del Trattato desumibili da specifiche disposizioni di questo. – 3. Non decisività delle disposizioni sulla secessione e sulla ratifica tipiche dei Trattati internazionali. – 4. Inadeguatezza dei tradizionali criteri. – 5. Conclusioni: la natura del Trattato nasce dalla storia.
Abstract This article examines the dynamics of the transition of the legal system of the European Union from the sphere of international and community law to the sphere of constitutional law. The principal problem to be addressed is related to how the draft of the European Constitutional Treaty should be defined from a legal standpoint: is it an international treaty or a constitution true and proper? In an attempt to answer this question the Author looks at the defining elements of a constitutional order: legal status, competences, legal sources, process of rationalisation and stabilization of the organs, finance. The Author also examines the distinguishing features of an international legal order, with reference, in particular, to the possibility for Member States to leave the Union and the procedure for amending the Constitutional Treaty which requires the unanimous vote of the Member States. |