The EU after Lisbon Amending or Coping with the Existing Treaties?

The book contains a collection of high-quality academic and expert contributions dealing with the central question of whether the Lisbon Treaty needs further revision. Due to the difficulties European Union actors have encountered in implementing the Lisb

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The EU after Lisbon Amending or Coping with the Existing Treaties?

The EU after Lisbon

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Lucia Serena Rossi • Federico Casolari Editors

The EU after Lisbon Amending or Coping with the Existing Treaties?

Editors Lucia Serena Rossi Federico Casolari Department of Legal Studies Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna Bologna, Italy

With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union, Project No 177316–LLP–1–2010–DE–ERASMUS–ENWA. This publication reflects the views only of the authors, and the European Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained herein.

ISBN 978-3-319-04590-0 ISBN 978-3-319-04591-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-04591-7 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014942073 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Preface and Acknowledgments

This volume is the result of a research project on the quasi-constitutional nature of the Lisbon Treaty, a project begun 3 years ago within the framework of the Erasmus Academic Network LISBOAN (Linking Interdisciplinary Integration Studies by Broadening the European Academic Network). The research was a