Bundesverfassungsgericht bverfg federal constitutional court, jan. Why the european union is not a state edinburgh research explorer. Such a structural deficit cannot be offset, according to the bverfg, by the relative dominance of the bigger member states in the council of the eu or the ep, but solely by greater involvement of the national parliaments. November 2017 2 bve 211, bverfge 147, 50 123 juris rn. Bundesverfassungsgericht lissabonurteil teil 2 youtube. The bverfg thus accords the ep a minor role, which is at odds with the legal, political and practical reality. Bundesverfassungsgericht, urteil des zweiten senats vom 30. Im lissabonurteil des bundesverfassungsgerichts bverfg vom 30. The german constitutional courts lisbon ruling mpifg. The subject of the organstreit proceedings and constitutional complaints, which have been consolidated for joint adjudication, is the ratification of the treaty of lisbon amending the treaty on european union and the treaty establishing the european community, signed at lisbon, december 2007 oj no. Im lissabon urteil des bundesverfassungsgerichts bverfg vom 30. Not only the lisbon judgement but also the legal view of the bverfg on the subject. Why the european union is not a state 409 the basic law does not grant the bodies acting on behalf of germany powers to abandon the right to selfdetermination of the german people in the form of germanys sovereignty under international law by joining a federal state. Urteil german law journal cambridge university press.
European union in the version of the treaty of lisbon. Us 1908, treaty amending the treaty on european union and. The proceedings relate to the german act approving the treaty of lisbon and. Bverfge 123, 267 lisbon decision lissabonurteil german law.
Posted by elena falletti june 30, 2009 posted in uncategorized. Zitiervorschlag bverfg, urteil des zweiten senats vom 30. Court, following the lisbon judgment in which certain government tasks were. Bundesverfassungsgericht decisions act approving the. In the lisbon decision, the bundesverfassungsgericht was faced with the question of whether. Federal constitutional courts decision in the kernkraftwerk biblisa. The second senate of the federal constitutional court has decided today that the act approving the treaty of lisbon zustimmungsgesetz zum. In spite of the 1993 landmark judgment, the socalled maastricht urteil, the. Oggi il bundesverfassungsgericht ha pronunciato lattesissima sentenza sul trattato di lisbona. In the lisbon decision, the bundesverfassungsgericht was faced with the question.
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