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Is this a Constitution? Remarks on a Contested Concept

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In its mandate of June 2007, the European Council asked the IGC to draw up a ‘Reform Treaty’ “with a view to enhancing the efficiency and democratic legitimacy of the enlarged Union, as well as the coherence of its external action”. It continued: “The constitutional concept, which consisted in repealing all existing Treaties and replacing them by a single text called ‘Constitution’, is abandoned”.1

Presidency Conclusions, 21/22 June 2007, 11177/07, Annex I, 15. At the time of writing, the text of the Draft Lisbon Treaty which is the outcome of this mandate can be found in OJ No 2007/C 306/1; a consolidated version of the Treaty on European Union (TEU-L) as amended and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) was published by the Council only in April 2008, 6655/08, 15 April 2008. The Draft Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe, the constitutional concept of which should be “abandoned”, is to be found in the OJ No 2004/C 310/1.

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Griller, S. (2008). Is this a Constitution? Remarks on a Contested Concept. In: Griller, S., Ziller, J. (eds) The Lisbon Treaty. Schriftenreihe der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Europaforschung (ECSA Austria) / European Community Studies Association of Austria Publication Series, vol 11. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-09429-7_2

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