Bulletin n. 1/2012 | ||
June 2012 | ||
Nicole Scicluna |
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When Failure isn't Failure: European Union Constitutionalism after the Lisbon Treaty | ||
in Journal of Common Market Studies , Volume 50, Issue 3, May 2012 , 2012 , 441-456 | ||
The Constitutional Treaty's attempt to turn the peoples of Europe into a much more coherent citizenry, bound together by a common identity, was not successful. Moreover, its failure greatly damaged the federalist cause. Member States retain significant power to constrain supranational agendas in the post-Lisbon Treaty European Union. | ||