00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000000881 20221031080955 0010-0520000881 221031################|##########|#eng## 0521845416 eng 341.242 341.242 ALB e Albi, Anneli EU Enlargement and the Constitutions of Central and Eastern Europe UK : Cambridge University Press, 2005 xxxii, 257p.: illus. ; 23 cm. Indeks : p.248-257 p.211-231 In the wake of the EU's greatest enlargement, this book explores the adaptation of the constitutions of Central and Eastern Europe for membership in the European Union. In response to the painful past, these new constitutions were notably closed to the transfer of powers to international organisations, and accorded a prominent status to sovereignty and independence. A little more than a decade later, the process of amending these provisions in view of the transfer of sovereign powers to a supranational organisation has proved a sensitive and controversial exercise. This book analyses the amendments against the background of comparative experience and theory of sovereignty, as well as the context of political sensitivities, such as rising euroscepticism ahead of accession referendums. It concludes with a broader inquiry into the role and rationale of the national constitutions in the process of European integration. The book also considers the implications of the European Constitution, in the framework of the debate on European constitutionalism and post-national governance. European Union International law 11584/MKRI-P/XII-2008 11584/MKRI-P/XII-2008