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Boletín mexicano de derecho comparado
On-line version ISSN 2448-4873Print version ISSN 0041-8633
Abstract
GARCIA GESTOSO, Noemí. Una prueba del carácter confederal de la Unión Europea: El mantenimiento de la unanimidad estatal en el proceso de revisión del tratado por el que se instituye una Constitución para Europa. Bol. Mex. Der. Comp. [online]. 2005, vol.38, n.112, pp.111-156. ISSN 2448-4873.
In this article, the author studies the different procedures to amend the constitutive pact of different confederations and federations that have existed, as a fundamental element to define the identity and nature of this kind of political configurations. Moreover, the author examines and explains the basic principles of the procedure to modify constitutive Treaties of the Communities and the European Union, as well as the problems that derive from this mechanism; further, the article examines other proposals that have been considered in the history of the European integrating process. Finally, the author studies some relevant aspects relative to the Project of the Treaty that creates a Constitution for Europe.
Keywords : confederation; federal state; constitutional reform; European Union.