Policy Paper 2
Can you imagine a referendum to European level and under what conditions?
Is it possible to introduce the refendum in the European political system. The question is being asked while the Convention process goes on.
Et l’avant-projet récent de Traité constitutionnel présenté par M. Valéry Giscard d’Estaing ne modifie pas cela, puisque la ” démocratie participative “ se limite (art. 34) au fait que ” les institutions assurent un degré élevé de transparence permettant aux différentes formes d’association des citoyens de participer à la vie de l’Union “. Certes, des progrès ont été réalisés en matière de citoyenneté européenne : notamment le droit de vote et d’éligibilité sur le plan local et européen, le droit de pétition, l’institution du médiateur. Mais les moyens dont disposent les citoyens pour faire entendre leur voix sur le plan européen sont encore trop faibles, comme il a d’ailleurs été relevé dans la déclaration de Laeken.
SUR LE MÊME THÈME
ON THE SAME THEME
PUBLICATIONS
European Democracy: What Are the Next Challenges
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National Referendums on EU Issues: from Clarification to Frustration
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The EU and referenda: three denials of democracy
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The EU and referenda: structural incompatibility?
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The EU and referenda on independence: a leap in the dark?
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How to Explain the Unexpected: An Assessment of the French Constitutional Referendum
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Constitutional referendum in France: a mid-term assessment
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Landscape after the battle
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Letter to our European friends who want to Vote not
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The Impact of the Television Media on the French Referendum Campaign in 2005
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Reaction of Pepper D. Culpepper and Archon Fung to Andrew Moravcsik’s article on the collapse of the Constitutional treaty
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Reaction of Paul Magnette to Andrew Moravcsik’s article on the collapse of the Constitutional treaty
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Reaction of James Fishkin to Andrew Moravcsik’s article on the collapse of the Constitutional treaty
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Referenda in other countries: the case of Spain
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The First Dutch Referendum: a pre-ballot assessment
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The European Constitution and deliberation: the Example of deliberative focus groups ahead of the French Referendum of 29 May 2005
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Democratising European Democracy
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The French “no” vote of 29 May 2005: understand, act
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Securing a “Yes”: from Nice I to Nice II
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“The Constitution, a step forward for the European Union” intervention by Jacques Delors
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Ratification and Revision of the Consitutional Treaty
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MÉDIAS
MEDIAS
The referendum in Italy is not comparable with the Catalan crisis – Enrico Letta on RTL
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“A political solution for Catalonia” – Enrico Letta on CNBC
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« Catalonia is affraid to loose its identity in a Global World » – Enrico Letta in La Croix
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