Diritto Pubblico Comparato ed Europeo

Sommario

1. Introduzione. – 2. Il processo di “europeizzazione” delle Costituzioni dei Paesi dell’Est nella tensione tra Stato-nazione e integrazione. – 3. Clausole di limitazione della sovranità e clausole di salvaguardia: approcci minimalisti, intermedi, europeisti. – 3.1. Polonia. – 3.2. Slovacchia. – 3.3. Repubblica ceca. – 3.4. Ungheria. – 3.5. Slovenia. – 3.6. Estonia. – 3.7. Lettonia. – 3.8. Lituania. – 4. I rapporti tra l’ordinamento nazionale e quello europeo: la soluzione delle antinomie normative e il ruolo dei giudici ordinari e costituzionali.

Abstract

The accession of the Central and Eastern European Countries to the European Union is a remarkable case from a perspective of constitutional law, considering the “souverainist” character of their Constitutions. The constitutional amendments tend to be minimalist in their conceptual approach to the EU and are addressed to international organisations rather than specifically to the EU. However, in a medium or long-term perspective, consideration could be given to returning to the issue of adapting the Constitutions to adequately reflect the shift in the mechanism of exercising powers which are delegated from the national level to EU institutions. The article also examines the issue of regulating conflicts between internal and EU legal orders in the light of the enforcement of their respective rules through constitutional or ordinary courts.