The Democracy Concept of the European Union: Coherent Constitutional Principle or Prosaic Declaration of Intent?-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The Democracy Concept of the European Union: Coherent Constitutional Principle or Prosaic Declaration of Intent?

Published:2005-11-01 Issue:11 Volume:6 Page:1507-1525
ISSN:2071-8322
Container-title:German Law Journal
language:en
Short-container-title:Ger. law j.

Author:

Petersen Niels

Abstract

“Our Constitution … is called democracy because power is in the hands not of a minority but of the greatest number.” This statement by Thukydides preceded the preamble of the draft constitutional treaty elaborated by the European Convention. Although not adopted by the intergovernmental conference, the proposed introduction illustrates that the Convention intended to attribute a central role to the concept of democracy – at least symbolically.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Subject

Law

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