Limitations of National Sovereignty through European Integration

199 Pages·2016·2.356 MB·English

by  Rainer Arnold (eds.)

Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice 51
Rainer Arnold Editor
Limitations
of National
Sovereignty
through European
Integration
Ius Gentium: Comparative
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Volume 51
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Rainer Arnold
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Limitations of National
Sovereignty through
European Integration
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Rainer Arnold
Juristische Fakultät
Universität Regensburg
Regensburg , Germany
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Foreword
L imitation of sovereignty by European integration is a key issue of contemporary
law in Europe. This book collects the perspectives of researchers from various
European countries on the topic. The constitutional orders of the Member States of
the European Union are the basis for the integration process. The traditional sover-
eignty concept is in confl ict with the supranational power of the EU created accord-
ing to the provisions of the national constitutions. This confl ict is refl ected by the
debate on constitutional identity which seems to be the new version of a “supra-
nationalised sovereignty”. Identity in this sense draws the borderline between
national autonomy and supra-nationality. Integration must be based on an equilib-
rium of both.
The introductory contribution (R ainer Arnold ) explains, with the use of Germany
as an example, how the Constitution enables the legislator to put into effect “open
Statehood” and how the Constitutional Courts in Germany and other countries are
trying to fi nd the above mentioned equilibrium. The concept of constitutional iden-
tity and the question of the competence to decide what it entails are of major impor-
tance. The jurisprudence of the French C onseil constitutionnel developing the
criterion of the c onditions essentielles d’exercise de la souveraineté as well as the
rigid and questionable English doctrine of p arliamentary sovereignty are taken into
consideration.
H ow European integration, which is characterized by the existence of various
constitutional levels, affects the traditional doctrinal basics of Constitution-making
and reforming power is dealt with in the refl ection of Francisco Balaguer .
National and constitutional identity as an emerging key concept of integration is
double-sided: a national and a supranational perspective has to be applied and ade-
quately harmonized. L uca Mezzetti and S inisa Rodin give an insight into the two
approaches.
Signifi cant developments in limiting the impact of supranational power on
national constitutional law appear in the jurisprudence of the Italian Constitutional
Court on the “ controlimiti ”.
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Approval or criticism is given to the EU-related jurisprudence of the new Member
States, Poland (B oguslaw Banaszak ), Hungary (P eter Kovacs ), Czech Republic ( Jirí
Zemánek ) and Romania (M anuel Gutan ).
European integration affects not only the EU Member States but also third states
linked to the EU by international agreements. The question how to characterize
Association Agreements in this context is dealt with by V iktor Mouraviov while
Arta Vorpsi explains the Europeanization of Albanian Constitutional law, a manifest
expression of the reception of European concepts as a form of “open statehood”.
For their important help to prepare this book I would like to thank my collabora-
tors Jessica Pham, Stephanie Lodola, Bethany McGhee and Stefan Nigam from
Cambridge University, Lisa Poth and Samuel Cross from Oxford University, Nevila
Saja from Albania, Timothy Wojewodka from Poland, and Sebastian Seefried from
Germany.
I also want to thank the Springer Publishing House, in particular Diana
Nijenhuijzen, for their continuous support of this project.
Regensburg, Germany Rainer Arnold
May 2015
Contents
1 Limitation of Sovereignty by European Integration:
The German Experience in a Comparative View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Rainer Arnold
2 European Integration and Limitation of the Power
of Constitutional Reform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Francisco Balaguer Callejón
3 National and Constitutional Identity as a Legal
and Political Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Luca Mezzetti
4 National Identity and Market Freedoms After the Treaty
of Lisbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Sinisa Rodin
5 The European Union in the Constitutional Framework
of Member States: The Italian Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Diana-Urania Galetta
6 Limitation of Sovereignty by the European
Integration – The Polish Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Bogusław Banaszak
7 The Transfer of Sovereignty in the Case Law
of the Hungarian Constitutional Court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Péter Kovács
8 An ‘Entirely-Specific’ Situation or a Routine Limitation
of the National Autonomy? Slovak pensions XVII
of the Czech Constitutional Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Jiří Zemánek
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9 The Infra-Constitutionality of European Law in Romania
and the Challenges of the Romanian Constitutional Culture . . . . . . . 141
Manuel Guțan
10 The Europeanization of Albanian Constitutional Law . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Arta Vorpsi
11 The Supranational Character of the European Union
Associations with Third Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Viktor Muraviov
Contributors
Rainer Arnold Juristische Fakultät, University of Regensburg , Regensburg ,
Germany
Bogusław Banaszak Faculty of Law and Administration , University of Zielona
Góra , Zielona Góra , Poland
Francisco Balaguer Callejón Department of Constitutional Law , University of
Granada , Granada , Spain
Diana-Urania Galetta D ipartimento di Diritto pubblico italiano e sovranazionale,
Università degli Studi di Milano , Milan , Italy
Manuel Guțan Faculty of Law , Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu , Sibiu , Romania
Péter Kovács Péter Pázmány Catholic University , Budapest , Hungary
Luca Mezzetti School of Law, Advanced School for Legal Studies , University of
Bologna , Bologna , Italy
Viktor Muraviov Institute of International Relations , Kyiv Taras Shevchenko
National University , Kiev , Ukraine
Sinisa Rodin University of Zagreb , Zagreb , Croatia
Arta Vorpsi Law of Faculty , University of Tirana , Tirana , Albania
Jiří Zemánek Faculty of Law , Charles University , Praha 1 , Czech Republic
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