Developing a Constitution for Europe

The European Union is presently at a crossroad. The prospect of enlargement hasled to a project of comprehensive reform. Existing structures originallydesigned... » 

The European Union is presently at a crossroad. The prospect of enlargement hasled to a project of comprehensive reform. Existing structures originallydesigned for just six members need to change. The Constitutional Conventionhas succeeded in forging a draft Treaty Establishing the Constitution forEurope but these developments raise fundamental issues of legitimacy anddemocratic accountability.This book aims to address the challenge of forging a legitimate Constitutionfor the EU and explores the questionsDoes the EU need a constitution and if so what is to be constituted?Can such a constitution be made by a nonstate entity?How could the constitution be made and what is the role of the Convention onthe Future of Europe?The authors aim to clarify the constitutional status of the EU to take stockof the European Charter of Fundamental Rights and Convention of the Future ofEurope as vehicles to foster and create a European constitution. Developing aConstitution for Europe should interest students and researchers of EuropeanPolitics. «