Bulletin n. 1/2008
May 2008
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
    • Chaltiel Florence
    La ratification du Traité de Lisbonne par la France
    in Revue de l'Union européenne/Revue du Marché Commun et de l'Union européenne , numero 518, mai ,  2008 ,  277-280
    The Treaty of Lisbon is in the process of ratification in all the 27 Member States. France has just ratified it, making it one of the first States to do so. Although not a Constitution, the treaty includes many progresses in terms of integration and the powers of national parliaments. In these two aspects the Constitutional Council has censored the treaty. From then on, in order to ratify the treaty, France had to revise its constitution. The revision was carried out, as chosen by the President of the Republic, by way of the Congress representing the derived constituent power. Since the Treaty no longer contradicted the Constitution, it could be ratified. Once again the parliament way was chosen this time as opposed to the referendum way. The head of State has therefore ratified the supranational treaty on the authorisation of the national representation.
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