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Defending Sovereign Statehood Against Transforming the Union Into a State

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

Dieter Grimm
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Abstract

German Constitutional Court decision of 30 June 2009 on the compatibility of the Lisbon Treaty with the German Constitution – Overview of earlier case-law – Analysis of the judgment – Comparison with earlier case-law – The Court's reference to sovereignty – The concept of democratic legitimacy – Participation of the German Parliament – Transformation of the EU into a state – Creeping evisceration of state legislative authority – Assessment of the judgment

Keywords

BundesverfassungsgerichtLisbon judgmentDirect effectPrimacyEuropean Court of JusticeSolange I judgmentSolange II judgmentMaastricht judgmentKompetenz-KompetenzDemocratic legitimacySovereigntyConstitutional identityEuropean UnionEuropean integration
Type
Comments on the German Constitutional Court's Decision on the Lisbon Treaty
Information
European Constitutional Law Review , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , October 2009 , pp. 353 - 373
Copyright
Copyright © T.M.C. Asser Press and the Authors 2009

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