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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786422003321

Autore

Closa Carlos.

Titolo

The politics of ratification of EU treaties / / Carlos Closa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, England : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-76724-X

0-203-55786-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

Routledge Advances in European Politics ; ; 92

Disciplina

341/.026094

Soggetti

Treaty-making power - European Union countries

Treaties - Political aspects

Treaties - Ratification

Constitutional law - European Union countries

European Union countries Foreign relations Treaties

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction : a neglected stage in EU constitutional politics -- 2. EU ratification rules : origin and permanence -- 3. Procedures and actors in ratification : who participates and how -- 4. Referendums on ratification : why convene them? -- 5. Successful ratifications (1951-2009) : political strategies at work -- 6. Successful ratification with partial defection : Maastricht, Nice and Lisbon (strategies for bringing laggards back in) -- 7. Ratification failures : the EDC (1954) and the EU Constitution (2005) -- 8. Conclusion : the politics of ratification under unanimity.