“Europe” articles in the constitutions of Central and Eastern European countries

Albi, Anneli

doi:10.54648/cola2005003

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“…If we zoom in on previous studies concerning constitutional change in light of EU membership we find important comparative work done by Claes (2005Claes ( , 2007 on EU-15 (that is, states that were EU members prior to 2004) and Albi (2005aAlbi ( , 2005b on the new member states. These studies reveal that there are substantial differences when it comes to the extent to which regulations on EU membership are included in constitutional documents.…”

Section: Previous Work On Constitutional Changementioning

confidence: 96%

“…All of these studies provide some relevant insights when it comes to the issue of constitutional change in light of EU membership. Still, Albi's work on EU enlargement and the constitutions in the new member states (Albi 2005a(Albi , 2005b is no doubt of particular relevance for the current study. Albi's research examines the constitutional revision processes in the new member states from CEE that took place in order to prepare these countries for EU membership.…”

Section: Previous Work On Constitutional Changementioning

confidence: 97%

“…While much has been written about the constitutional reforms undertaken in order to prepare the countries of CEE for EU membership, we still lack a complete picture of how constitutional change was brought about in these countries. Previous research has focused almost exclusively on explicit change by examining constitutional amendments that were implemented in these countries in order to prepare for EU membership (Albi 2005a(Albi , 2005b. However, explicit change through constitutional amendment is only half of the story, and much less attention has been devoted to studying implicit constitutional change in this context.…”

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Constitutional change in light of European Union membership: trends and trajectories in the new member states

Karlsson

Galić

2016

East European Politics

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After the fall of the Iron Curtain, all states in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) amended their old constitutions or adopted new ones. The shared experience of forced subordination to the Soviet Union provided a compelling incentive for these countries to put a strong emphasis on sovereignty as they drafted their new constitutions. In the Estonian Constitution, for example, according to Article 1, the "independence and sovereignty of Estonia are timeless and inalienable". Similar formulations typically appear in many of the constitutions of these countries.Not long after their newly gained independence and the adoption of their new constitutions, the states in CEE started to realise that the prospect of membership in the European Union (EU) seemed a very distinct possibility. In 1994, only a few years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Hungary and Poland formally applied for membership in the EU and more countries would soon follow suit. As a consequence, all of these countries needed to start a process of adapting their constitutions for EU membership. The need for constitutional change stemmed from the fact that most constitutions of these countries, due to their "souverainist" character (Albi 2005b, 25), simply did not allow for membership in a supranational organisation like the EU. However, a number of other important issues, besides the grounds for membership, needed to be addressed, including provisions on: the transfer of powers to the EU; the relationship between EU law and national law; and the selection of representatives to EU institutions.

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Section: Previous Work On Constitutional Changementioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Previous Work On Constitutional Changementioning

confidence: 97%

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