Anniversaries with Mixed Feelings: the Spanish Constitution, European Integration, and the «Genetic Defects» of the EU (1957-2017 and 1978-2018).

Authors

  • Antonio Carlos Pereira Menaut Universidad de Santiago de Compostela

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/rdp.100.2017.20729

Keywords:

EU integration, EU constitution, Spanish Constitution, inbuilt failures, integration limits.

Abstract

Abstract:
On the whole, one may safely say that both the EU and the 1978 Spanish Constitution have been runaway successes that are now about celebrating their anniversaries, yet both have problems that should be addressed to. In the case of the EU, there seems to exist a handful of structural failures that are not easy to remove and make very difficult to cope with the democratic deficit and the full constitutionalising of the Union. The same inbuilt failures pose the question of how far may European integration go while at the same time maintaining, or not menacing, the integrity of the Spanish Constitution. Our leanings go towards abandoning the functionalist method, embracing a fully political, constitutional rule, and making for a pluralistic, rather dual, American-like, kind of federalism.

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Author Biography

Antonio Carlos Pereira Menaut, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela

Departamento de Derecho Público y Teoría del Estado. Facultade de Dereito - Avda. Dr. Ángel Echeverri, s/n. Campus sur. 15782 Santiago de Compostela.

Published

2017-12-20

How to Cite

Pereira Menaut, A. C. (2017). Anniversaries with Mixed Feelings: the Spanish Constitution, European Integration, and the «Genetic Defects» of the EU (1957-2017 and 1978-2018). Revista de Derecho Político, 1(100), 1139–1168. https://doi.org/10.5944/rdp.100.2017.20729

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