Failure as Chance for a Sustainable EU Economic Constitution

Failure as Chance for a Sustainable EU Economic Constitution

The rejection of the Treaty for a European Constitution by French and Dutch constituents plunged the EU into a crisis. While professional EU politicians mimicked shock the voters' disposition can be interpreted as confirmation and volitional termination of an integration process where the behav...

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Veröffentlicht in:Wirtschaftsdienst (Hamburg) 2005-08, Vol.85 (8), p.500-504
1. Verfasser: Hasse, Rolf H
Format: Artikel
Sprache:ger
Schlagworte:
Constitutions
European Union
Political Integration
Politicians
Ratification
Referendum
Treaties
Trust
Voting Behavior
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Zusammenfassung:The rejection of the Treaty for a European Constitution by French and Dutch constituents plunged the EU into a crisis. While professional EU politicians mimicked shock the voters' disposition can be interpreted as confirmation and volitional termination of an integration process where the behavior of leading national politicians regarding EU questions seemed more and more curious and the result of their integration decisions more and more unclear. EU citizens lost trust and therefore denied approval - rational constraint for politics. E. Sanchez
ISSN:0043-6275