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Thinking about Brexit with Cristina Lafont

2020

In this comment on Cristina Lafont’s new book Democracy without Shortcuts, I apply some of her ideas to the Brexit case in order to show that her identification of problematic shortcuts has significant analytical potential when it comes to understanding contemporary challenges to democracy. I argue that the push for Brexit can be viewed as a response to ‘expertocratic’ shortcuts in European Union decision-making, while David Cameron’s attempt to resolve the conflict once and for all by referendum constituted a ‘proceduralist’ shortcut. I conclude by asking whether Lafont’s suggestion to ‘constitutionalize’ discourses and decisions could also imply seeking a meta-deliberative assessment of …

The Spanish Parliament and Brexit

2019

In the Spanish Parliament, European affairs are dealt with in a joint committee made up of representatives of the Congress and the Senate. This committee is in charge of controlling the Government in matters related to the European Union; it is also the body in charge of controlling the Union’s compliance with the principle of subsidiarity. Until very recently, the Spanish Parliament’s control was not very demanding due mainly to three factors: first, because the current legislation obliges the Government only to inform the Cortes about its activities within the European Council and the Council, but does not allow the Cortes to give the Government a compulsory negotiating mandate; second, b…

Conclusion and Discussion

2021

It would seem that European Politics are currently enrolled in a constant flux of uncertainty and anxiousness. The Institutional Matrix and Community of states that make up the Union seemingly cannot catch a break as they meander through a succession of crises and challenges. These are taking their toll on the EU, its unity in decision making, and countries’ commitment to ever closer Union. The sovereign debt crisis and so-called Greek Euro Crisis shook the tacit belief in the current economic architecture of the bloc and questioned the belief in intra-European solidarity. Shortly thereafter, the refugee crisis saw European States adopt ad hoc and sometimes contradictory measures for border…

Reaching Out to the Europeans. Political Parties’ Facebook Strategies of Issue Ownership and the Second-Order Character of European Election Campaigns

2020

The European Election campaign 2019 enjoyed heightened attention in the European and global public due to the recent emergence of populist actors, new parties, and large European issues such as immigration, climate change, and Brexit. Starting theoretically from the issue ownership theory, shareworthiness, and the second-order character of European elections, the study at hand investigates the campaigns of 69 parties from 9 countries on Facebook as one of the current central spheres of electoral contest. Facebook enables parties to provide users with selected issues considered advantageous for themselves. The number of posts’ shares indicates whether the parties manage to reach out to the v…

European Union at a Crossroads: What Could the Next 60 Years Bring About?

2018

This paper aims to synthetize some of the challenges that the European Union faces during these troubled times and also to suggest some of the possible scenarios that might actually unfold in order to address them. Symbolically, this year should have highlighted the biggest achievements of the EU and its Member States, as it celebrates 60 years of joint commitment for a better Europe. Yet, the uncertainty regarding Europe’s future is at an all-time high, due to internal and external factors. On the one hand, internal challenges, such as the Brexit process and the refugee crises, led to the reevaluation of the EU’s current organization and structure, which, in turn, might lead to a Europe of…

Trust in the European Union: What Is It and How Does It Matter?

2018

Bakardijeva Engelbrekt, Bremberg, Michalski, and Oxelheim introduce the concept of trust in the European Union by pointing out its elusive character comprising both interpersonal relations and attitudes towards organizations and broad-based institutions in society. In the early days of integration, trust was primarily connected to the European security community. Then, trust was present mainly among political, economic, and bureaucratic elites while public confidence in European integration took a vaguer form. Today, trust in the EU is challenged by numerous developments, ranging from the deteriorating internal and external security situation and terrorism to rising populism and anti-establ…

Le Brexit ou le symptôme d'une crise politique britannique

2017

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Le Mystère May

2017

Prime impressioni relative alla sentenza 41/2019 della Supreme Court sulla (il)legittimità della sospensione dei lavori del Parlamento inglese.

2019

La controversa e divisiva materia della fuoriuscita della Gran Bretagna dall'Unione Europea, sancita da un referendum popolare del giugno 2016, nota con l'espressione Brexit, ha ripetutamente chiamato in causa la Supreme Court in ordine alla legittimità delle procedure interne seguite dal Governo per dare concreta attuazione al voto referendario ed individuare i necessari passaggi. Da ultimo, nel settembre 2019 la Corte è stata investita di un gruppo di ricorsi contrapposti, nei confronti di contrastanti sentenze inglese e scozzese, riguardanti la decisione governativa, evidentemente indirizzata a rendere più rapido e meno incerto nell'esito l'itinerario destinato a condurre a termine il co…

Il ruolo del Consiglio europeo nella Brexit

2019

Il Consiglio europeo ha svolto un ruolo di primo piano nella Brexit. L’articolo cerca di spiegare che questo ruolo è stato più ampio rispetto a quello espressamente conferito dall’art. 50 TUE per affrontare poi due problemi: nello svolgere questo ruolo il Consi- glio europeo ha agito solo come istituzione dell’Unione europea o anche come vertice di capi Stato? E ha rispettato il principio dell’equilibrio istituzionale? The European Council has been playing a leading role in Brexit procedure. This article aims at showing how this role does not simply reflect the powers explicitly assigned to the European Council under Article 50 TEU. Two more questions are addressed: In performing its role h…