Bulletin n. 1-2/2014
November 2014
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
    • Mangiameli Stelio
    THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE IDENTITY OF MEMBER STATES
    in Italian Papers on Federalism , n. 3/2013 ,  2013
    The issue of the meaning attached to Constituent Units in Federations and in the Federal Political Systems in Europe has an emblematic example in the European Union itself: this is perhaps the most important case study available both for the fact that it is the only true process that aggregates sovereign States in which the federalist idea has some influence, and for the political and cultural role that Europe still plays in the Western World; and also because of the economic globalization process that has modified the perception of the economic and financial wealth (assets and capital) that circulates in the world. With regard to these three profiles, Europe is still in search of its identity and of its place in the global system which depends on the positions of its Member States. It may therefore be useful to consider the “Federation (the EU) from the standpoint of the States federated”.
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