Bullettin n. 1/2011
June 2011
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Villani Ugo
    Gli sviluppi del Trattato di Lisbona in materia di politica estera e di sicurezza comune
    in Studi sull'integrazione europea , Anno VI, n. 1, gennaio-aprile ,  2011 ,  9-24
    In order to provide the European Union with a “single voice” on the international scene the first innovation of the Lisbon Treaty is the establishment of the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; the High Representative has a double role because he shall preside over the Foreign Affairs Council but he is also a member – as a Vice-President – of the Commission. Some further elements aim at promoting a single position of the Union, such as the provisions which declare that the Union shall ensure consistency between the different areas of its external action and its other policies, and those according to which the Member States shall support the Union’s policy, shall cooperate, enhance their mutual solidarity, consult one another in order to determine a common approach. The main obstacles to the achievement of a common foreign policy derive from the unanimity rule in the European Council and in the Council, but also from the lack of a democratic control and of a judicial review. As regards the common security and defence policy, however, it could be possible to overcome te problems deriving from the unanimity rule through the instruments of flexibility introduced by the Lisbon Treaty.
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