The stealthy development of the treaty on European Union into the Supreme European Constitution : : on the consequences of the dissolution of the pillar structure of the European Union and of the extension of the jurisdiction of the European Court of justice to the EU treaty

Abstract: The Treaty of Lisbon dissolves the pillar structure of the European Union. The provisions of the Treaty on European Union are thereby invested with the same supranational character which has hitherto been the sole preserve of the Treaty Establishing the European Community, and the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union will therefore be systematically extended to the entire EU Treaty, as far as restrictions are not explicitly provided. Consequently, the basic values of the European Union will henceforth amount to a supreme Constitution for the whole of
the Union, preordaining national constitutionals, and the Court of Justice will also operate as a higher constitutional court, taking precedence over national constitutional jurisdictions, in matters relating purely to domestic constitutional norms. This amounts to a fundamental restructuring of the relationship between the European Union and the Member States. This revolutionary result of the Lisbon Treaty has not been noticed until now, and the only way to halt the process would be for those Member States that have not yet ratified the Treaty to formulate a reservation in accordance with international law

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Recht

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Freiburg
• (who): Universität
• (when): 2022
• Creator: Murswiek, Dietrich
• Contributor: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. Institut für Öffentliches Recht

Further information

• DOI: 10.6094/UNIFR/230447
• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2304474
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 25.03.2025, 1:50 PM CET