出版社：Center for European, Governance and Economic Development
摘要：In order to guarantee a further successful functioning of the enlarged European
Union a Federal European Constitution is proposed. Six basic elements of a future European
federal constitution are developed: the European commission should be turned into an
European government and the European legislation should consist of a two chamber system
with full responsibility over all federal items. Three further key elements are the subsidiarity
principle, federalism and the secession right, which are best suited to limiting the domain of
the central European authority to which certain tasks are given, such as defense, foreign and
environmental policy. Another important feature is direct democracy, which provides the
possibility for European voters to participate actively in the political decision making, to
break political and interest group cartels, and to prevent an unwanted shifting of
responsibilities from EU member states to the European federal level
