After the Treaty of Lisbon a variety of rules referring to democracy have been incorporated in Title II of the Treaty establishing the European Union (TEU). The way in which representative and non-representative democratic principles are combined in the European Union legal system is not a unitary one, but it changes depending on the fields of competence of the Union. The paper will focus on the effects that the reforms introduced in the period 2011-2013 had on the combination of representative and non-representative democratic principles in the economic branch of the EMU. To that effect the original design of the role of democratic principles in this field will be briefly described. Then, a synthetic overview of the different rules included in the new law of Economic and Monetary Union, referring to the democratic principles, will be provided. Finally, the contribution will evaluate the overall impact of the reforms carried out on democracy in the EMU. The following issues will be particularly addressed. A) Are these clauses integrated into a complete strategy concerning channels of democratic legitimacy in the law of EMU? B) Is this strategy compatible with the TEU stance on democratic principles? C) Can non-representative democracy principles be considered a real counterweight to the shrinking of representative democratic legitimacy in the EMU and in the fiscal policy of the Member States?
L'articolo si propone di indagare sul valore che i vari principi democratici enunciati nel TUE hanno nello specifico settore dell'UEM, in particolare nel pilastro della politica economica, dopo l'entrata in vigore delle riforme contenute nel Six pack e nel successivo Two Pack. Il lavoro intende in particolare rispondere a tre domande: A) le regole contenute nel six pack e nel two pack in tema di controllo democratico sono espressione di un preciso modello di controllo democratico sulle scelte di politica economica nell'ambito dell'UEM? B) E' un simile modello compatibile con i principi democratici del TUE? C) I principi democratici non rappresentativi possono compensare il minor peso che viene assumendo la democrazia rappresentativa tanto nell'EMU quanto nelle scelte di politica fiscale degli Stati membri?
Starita, M. (2017). Democratic Principles and the Economic Branch of the European Monetary Union. In L. Daniele, P. Simone, E. Cisotta (a cura di), Democracy in the EMU in the Aftermath of the Crisis (pp. 3-26). Springer International Publishing AG [10.1007/978-3-319-53895-2_1].
Democratic Principles and the Economic Branch of the European Monetary Union
STARITA, Massimo
2017-01-01
Abstract
After the Treaty of Lisbon a variety of rules referring to democracy have been incorporated in Title II of the Treaty establishing the European Union (TEU). The way in which representative and non-representative democratic principles are combined in the European Union legal system is not a unitary one, but it changes depending on the fields of competence of the Union. The paper will focus on the effects that the reforms introduced in the period 2011-2013 had on the combination of representative and non-representative democratic principles in the economic branch of the EMU. To that effect the original design of the role of democratic principles in this field will be briefly described. Then, a synthetic overview of the different rules included in the new law of Economic and Monetary Union, referring to the democratic principles, will be provided. Finally, the contribution will evaluate the overall impact of the reforms carried out on democracy in the EMU. The following issues will be particularly addressed. A) Are these clauses integrated into a complete strategy concerning channels of democratic legitimacy in the law of EMU? B) Is this strategy compatible with the TEU stance on democratic principles? C) Can non-representative democracy principles be considered a real counterweight to the shrinking of representative democratic legitimacy in the EMU and in the fiscal policy of the Member States?File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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