The EU as a militant democracy, or: are ther limits to Constitutional mutations within EU member States

The article investigates the question whether the European Union is legitimated to intervene in Member States when there are constitutional mutations in the latter that pint in a clearly undemocratic or illiberal direction. It is argued that the EU has the legitimacy for such interventions, but that...

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Main Author: Müller, Jan-Werner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales (España) 2014
Subjects:
intervención
protección de la democracia
carta europea
EU
Militant Democracy
Intervention
Democracy Protection
European Charter
UE
democracia militante
Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=4860289
Source:Revista de estudios políticos, ISSN 0048-7694, Nº 165, 2014 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Mutación constitucional en la Unión Europea), pags. 141-162
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The EU as a militant democracy, or: are ther limits to Constitutional mutations within EU member States
Summary: The article investigates the question whether the European Union is legitimated to intervene in Member States when there are constitutional mutations in the latter that pint in a clearly undemocratic or illiberal direction. It is argued that the EU has the legitimacy for such interventions, but that that at present it lacks appropriate legal and policy instruments for such interventions. In response, the article proposes a new institution -tentatively called Copenhagen Commission- and a new set of instruments, financial sanctions, to remedy this situation.

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