Welcome To Federalism

28 Oct

EU Federal FlagWe have now moved on to federalism which will be discussed in next weeks tutorial.  This post will merely be a sign post to discussions on the subject (the rest is up to you).  There is a website dedicated to such a discussion called Federal Union and you can find it HERE.  This is an interesting article by R. Daniel Keleman (from Oxford University but on Princeton’s pages) HERE.  There is an article from the Telegrapah in 2003 where Gordon Brown (then the Chancellor) criticising EU federalism and was being rather eurosceptic HERE.  Something more political is website called the New Federalist which also discusses other EU issues is HERE. . What does the official EUROPA site say on the subject and how is the EU system made up – see HERE.  The judgement HERE of the German Constitutional Court on the Lisbon Treaty and Europe not becoming a federal state is interesting.  O.k. the last one is an interesting article by Dr Thomas Schmitz from 2005 which discusses the conception of the European Union and what kind of system it might be – its HERE.  Oh one more thing you maybe be wondering what the above picture is (or not)? Well it is a flag – the original EU flag in fact (it’s a big ‘E’) but is now used by activists promoting federalism in the EU.

 

One Response to “Welcome To Federalism”

  1. kira November 17, 2010 at 4:56 pm #

    i found this very helpful and would advise any 2nd years who are struggling with their coursework to read all the information provided in this section. it will make the question clearer

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