Bulletin n. 2/2011
October 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
    • Wahl Jean
    France, Europe, mondialisation : une fédération européenne?
    in Revue de l'Union européenne/Revue du Marché Commun et de l'Union européenne , n. 550, juillet-août ,  2011 ,  469-471
    Globalization exercising conditions cannot be debated efficiently other that by very large economic and political units: currently only China and the United States. No European country. Failing central governance, the European Union is a political dwarf. Could a European Federation be imagined, that like in the United States, could prohibit any measure taken by the countries against the Union and submit plans likely to be approved by a qualified majority. It could include the six founding countries of the Common Market, Spain, Portugal and Poland. That Federation is not feasible without a deep French-German agreement, requiring the overcoming of significant obstacles in the two countries. Will there be a political leader with enough charisma and courage to have European opinions understand that future independence is at that price?
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