Bulletin n. 3/2009
January 2010
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
    • Annett Iona
    Integration in a Time of Scepticism: The Role of Informality and Institutions
    in Europe en formation (L') , n. 353-354, automne-hiver ,  2009 ,  55-73
    This decade can be perplexing since it lacked the formal institutional growth of the previous fifteen years and there seemed to be little headway in achieving the goals of a common market. Unexpectedly though, this decade is most interesting for its informal institutional development, as both member states and the institutions of the Community sought to maximise their capacity to act and their influence on the pace and type of integration. From a federalisation point of view, it is critical to understand what was happening and why. The Luxembourg Compromise, the decisions of the Court of Justice, political opportunism of the Commission and the Parliament, and the extra-institutional activities of the member states were a complex set of actions that revealed differing interpretations of the purpose and extent of European integration. The Community was federalising as an intended or unintended consequence of decisions and actions by member states and institutions. Full text available on-line: http://www.cife.eu/UserFiles/File/EEF/353_54/EEF353_54-4IA.pdf
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