In this book, legal scholars from the EU Member States (with the addition of the UK) analyse the development of the EU Member States’ attitudes to economic, fiscal, and monetary integration since the Treaty of Maastricht.
The Eurozone crisis corroborated the warnings of economists that weak economic policy coordination and loose fiscal oversight would be insufficient to stabilise the monetary union. The country studies in this book investigate the legal, and in particular the constitutional, pre-conditions for deeper fiscal and monetary integration that influenced the past and might impact on the future positions in the (now) 27 EU Member States.
The individual country studies address the following issues: - Main characteristics of the national constitutional system, and constitutional culture; - Constitutional foundations of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) membership and related instruments; - Constitutional obstacles to EMU integration; - Constitutional rules and/or practice on implementing EMU-related law; and - The resulting relationship between EMU-related law and national law
Offering a comprehensive and detailed assessment of the legal and constitutional developments concerning the Economic and Monetary Union since the Treaty of Maastricht, this book provides not only a study of legal EMU-related measures and reforms at the EU level, but most importantly sheds light on their perception in the EU Member States.
1. Analytical Report on the Legal Background of Member States’ Positions towards Economic and Fiscal Integration Stefan Griller, University of Salzburg, Austria 2. EMU Integration against the Backdrop of EU Law and Jurisprudence Elisabeth Lentsch, formerly of Horizon 2020 Project 3. Bulgaria: EMU Integration and the Bulgarian Constitution: ‘Missing Constitution’ or EU Friendliness and Open Statehood Masquerading Implicit Sovereigntist Strategies in the Context of Multilevel Constitutional Games? Martin Belov, St Kliment Ochridski University of Sofia, Bulgaria 4. EMU Integration and the Czech Constitution: Doctrinal Openness and Political Reluctance Tomaš Dumbrovsky, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic 5. Denmark Ulla Neergaard, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 6. Germany Stefan Korioth, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany, and Jonas Marx, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany 7. Estonia Andres Tupits, Estonian Business School, Tallinn, Estonia 8. Ireland Gavin Barrett, University College Dublin, Ireland 9. Greece: Further EMU Steps Require a Democratic Eurozone Architecture Lina Papadopoulou, Aristotle University, Salonica, Greece 10. Spain: The Impact of the EMU on the Spanish Constitution Following the Euro Crisis: A Stress Test for the Europeanisation of the Constitutional Order Diane Fromage, University of Maastricht, the Netherlands, Maribel Gonzalez Pascual, Secretary of State for Territorial Policy of the Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Joan Solanes Mullor, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain and Aida Torres Perez, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain 11. France: The Paradox of Constitutional Adaptability in a Member State Running Budget Excessive Deficits Laetitia Guilloud-Colliat, Université Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France and Fabien Terpan, Science Po Grenoble, France 12. Croatia Tamara Capeta, University of Zagreb, Croatia and Iris Goldner Lang, University of Zagreb, Croatia 13. Italy Monica Bonini, Bicocca University, Milan, Italy, and Stefania Ninatti, Department of Bicocca University, Milan, Italy 14. Cyprus Nikos Skoutaris, University of East Anglia, UK 15. Latvia Dita Plepa, Riga Stradinš University, Riga, Latvia 16. Lithuania Irmantas Jarukaitis, Court of Justice of the EU in Luxembourg 17. Luxembourg Jorg Gerkrath, University of Luxembourg 18. Hungary Attila Vincze, Andrássy University Budapest, Hungary, Pal Sonnevend, Eötvös Lórant University ELTE in Budapest, Hungary and Andras Jakab, University of Salzburg, Austria 19. Malta: The Assimilation of the EU’s Economic, Fiscal and Monetary Governance Acquis in the Maltese Legal Framework Joseph Bugeja, Gauci-Maistre Xynou in La Valetta, Malta 20. The Netherlands Jan-Herman Reestman, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Monica Claes, Maastricht University, the Netherlands 21. Austria Rainer Palmstorfer, University of Salzburg, Austria 22. Poland Dariusz Adamski, University of Wroclaw, Poland 23. Portugal Ana Maria Guerra Martins, European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France and Joana de Sousa Loureiro, Centre for Judicial Studies in Lisbon, Portugal 24. Romania Dr Mihaela Vrabie, University of Bucharest, Romania 25. Slovakia: (Seemingly) No Legal Obstacles to Deepening EMU Integration Robert Zbiral, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic 26. Slovenia Matej Avbelj, Graduate School of Government and European Studies at Kranj, Slovenia and Erazem Bohinc, Higher Court in Ljubljana, Slovenia 27. Finland Tuomas Ojanen, University of Helsinki, Finland 28. Sweden Joakim Nergelius, Örebro University, Sweden and Eleonor Kristoffersson, Örebro University, Sweden 29. United Kingdom Paul Craig, University of Oxford, UK
Stefan Griller is Professor of European Law at the University of Salzburg, Austria. Elisabeth Lentsch worked at the University of Salzburg, Austria.
