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Adoption, Ratification and Entry Into Force

Article IV-8 Draft Convention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2004

Andreas Auer
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Extract

The provision relating to the adoption, ratification and entry into force of the Treaty establishing the Constitution for Europe is probably one of the most difficult ones, both in legal and political terms. It is supposed to define the legal nature and quality of the entire EU process in its present and future phase. There is an inherent ambiguity about the legal nature of the treaty, which is already apparent in the title, and there are profound political implications as well. Is the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe a treaty or a constitution? Can it be both or neither? These are hard questions indeed.

Keywords

European ConstitutionEuropean Constitutional LawEuropean ConventionEuropean UnionAdoptionRatificationEntry into ForceConstitutional TreatyEuropean ReferendumReferendum roulette
Type
Foundation and Amendments
Information
European Constitutional Law Review , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , January 2005 , pp. 131 - 135
Copyright
© T.M.C. Asser Press 2005

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