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Le site de Notre Europe  http://www.notre-europe.asso.fr/ Articles on the European Constitution The Federal Future of Europe The Federal Future of Europe: From the European Community to the European Union. Dusan Sidjanski ISBN: 0-472-11075-6 Publisher: University of Michigan Press Pub. Date: September 2000 Introduction by J. Delors Foreword by H. K. Jacobson Peers Comments and Opinions Translations Previous Work Studies Notre Europe The Federal Approach to the European Union or The Quest for an Unprecedented European Federalism Worldwide Order Forms through your bookshop or directly to the editor or distributor Other Orders, Other Bookshops amazon.com borders.com barnes&noble fatbrain.com Links

The federal approach to the European Union or the Quest for an unprecedented european federalism INTRODUCTION 1 Part One: Can we learn any lessons from the experiences of federal states 7 1. The centralized model 7 2. What can we learn from the experiences of German federalism 8 3. What can we learn from the american experience? 9 4. A pilot experience: Swiss Federalism 12 5. Differences and similarities of federal systems 14 6. Authorities and insitutions common to federal States 18 7. The constitutional autonomy of the member states 21 8. Constitutional revisions 23 9. Conditions and common principles 25 Part two: The European Union on the road to unprecedented federalism 28 1. Economic integration and political objectives 28 2. The basic pillar: The European Community 32 3. Foreign Relations, the CFSP and the outline of a European Community 47 Part three: The future constitution of the European Union 56 1. The Federating core of the European Union: A federal constitution for Europe 58 2. A vision of the federal Union 65 3. Guidelines for the forthcoming debates 71 Conclusions open to the future 76 Bibliography 85