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To what extent is the European Union, with the Constitutional treaty, an independent, democratic federal state?
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To what extent is the European Union, with the Constitutional treaty, an independent, democratic federal state? This essay explains the concepts of federalism and its principles. It also looks at how the European Union works, what are the duties of different institutions and what are the relationships between the Union and the Member States and their areas of competence, which are stated in the draft Constitutional treaty. After analysing and relating both it shows to what extend is the EU a democratic federal state. To start with it has to be defined what is called "federalism". "Federalism is the form of government, or constitutional structure, found in federation. Federation is a state comprised of a number of self-governing regions (often themselves referred to as "states") united by a central ("federal") government. In a federation the self-governing status of the component states is constitutionally entrenched and may not be...
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