Book contents
- The Cambridge History of the European Union
- The Cambridge History of the European Union
- The Cambridge History of the European Union
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume II
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Reflections on the History and Historiography of European Integration
- Part I Milestones: Treaties and Treaty Changes
- Part II Instruments of Integration
- Money and Society
- Challenges of Expansion: Protection and Security
- 12 The Institutional and Legal Culture of European Integration
- 13 The Formation of the Migration Regime of the EU
- 14 The Constitutional Dimension: Centralisation, Democratisation and the Rule of Law
- 15 EU Enlargement: Origins and Practice
- Part III Narratives and Outcomes
- Index
- References
12 - The Institutional and Legal Culture of European Integration
from Challenges of Expansion: Protection and Security
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 October 2023
- The Cambridge History of the European Union
- The Cambridge History of the European Union
- The Cambridge History of the European Union
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume II
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Reflections on the History and Historiography of European Integration
- Part I Milestones: Treaties and Treaty Changes
- Part II Instruments of Integration
- Money and Society
- Challenges of Expansion: Protection and Security
- 12 The Institutional and Legal Culture of European Integration
- 13 The Formation of the Migration Regime of the EU
- 14 The Constitutional Dimension: Centralisation, Democratisation and the Rule of Law
- 15 EU Enlargement: Origins and Practice
- Part III Narratives and Outcomes
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter sets out to conceptualise the institutional and legal evolution of the European Communities (EC) over time from the Treaties of Paris and Rome to the Treaty of Maastricht.
The founding treaties of Paris and Rome were essentially open-ended efforts for integration, despite their undeniable differences in nature. At the moment of negotiating the founding treaties and during the first years of the Communities, it was unforeseeable whether the Communities would go through a process of gradual and increasing federalisation, or whether member states would eventually manage to dominate the Communities. The balance between these contradictory tendencies inherent in the founding treaties was clarified only through the open political battles in the 1960s. In a sense, the battle between federalist and intergovernmentalist streams has continued beyond Maastricht to the present day.
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- The Cambridge History of the European Union , pp. 339 - 359Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023