Constitutional Politics in the European Union: The Convention Moment and its Aftermath

Constitutional Politics in the European Union examines the 'Convention on the Future of Europe' and its impact on the process of European constitutionalisation. The Convention's efforts, however, have not yet materialised into a Constitution. So, this was a Convention without a Constitution. Does it matter? The purpose of this book is to show that it may not, or at least not in the sense that many think. It is one of the central contentions of this book that the Convention itself - how it operated and what it represented - is an important 'moment' in the open-ended and contested process of creating a stable constitutional order in the EU. Although the Convention did not result in a Constitution, it succeeded in opening up a public constitutional debate; a debate which may contribute to determine the future of the European Union.

About the Author:
Dario Castiglione teaches Political Theory at the University of Exeter, UK. His publications comprise co-edited volumes on The Culture of Toleration in Diverse Societies (2003), Making European Citizens (2006), and The Language Question in Europe and Diverse Societies (2007)

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Justus Schonlau, PES - Group Secretariat, Committee of the Regions, Belgium. His publications include Drafting the EU Charter (2005), as well as articles on the Charter and Constitutional Conventions, on fundamental rights in the EU and European political parties in journals and edited volumes

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Chris Longman is Deputy Director of the Centre for European Studies at the University of Exeter, UK. He is co-editor of The Language Question in Europe and Diverse Societies (2007)

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Emanuela Lombardo is Ramony Cajal Researcher at the Complutense University, Madrid, Spain. Her publications on gender equality policy include journal articles, edited books, chapters in collective volumes, and a book on The Europeanisation of Spanish Gender Equality Policy (2004)

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Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan is Senior Lecturer in European Politics in the Politics Department at the University of Bristol, Secretary of the University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) and a member of the ESRC Centre for Competition Policy at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

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Miriam Aziz is Associate Professor in European and Comparative Administrative Law at the University of Siena, Italy. She has published numerous articles on European law and is the author of The Impact of European Rights on National Legal Cultures (2004)