Lisbon in Karlsruhe: Maastricht's Epigones At Sea

German Law Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1201-1218

  Schonberger, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

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EID: 84973135471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20718322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2071832200001553     Document Type: Article

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2. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from 30 June 2009. atpara. 207.
3. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from 30 June 2009. at paras. 243, 309-328, 406-419.
4. Article 79 (3) of the Basic Law provides: "Amendments to this Basic Law affecting the division of the Federation into Lander, their general participation in the legislative process, or the principles laid down in Articles 1 and 20 shall be inadmissible."
5. On the background, see Horst Dreier, Art. 79 (3), in 2 GRUNDGESETZ paras. 4-7 (Horst Dreier ed., 2d ed. 2006). For an account of the debates in the Parliamentary Council see 1 JAHRBUCH DES OFFENTLICHEN RECHTS 579 (1951).
6. See Art. 23 (1) [3] of the Basic Law: "The establishment of the European Union, as well as changes in its treaty foundations and comparable regulations that amend or supplement this Basic Law, or make such amendments or supplements possible, shall be subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of Article 79."
7. BVerfGE 89,155 (171).
8. Art. 38 (1) [1] of the Basic Law provides: "Members of the German Bundestag shall be elected in general, direct, free, equal and secret elections."
9. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from 30 June 2009, para. 176, availableat: http://www.bverfg.de/entscheid ungen/es20090630.
10. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from 30 June 2009. at para. 177.
11. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from 30 June 2009. at para. 211.
12. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from 30 June 2009. at para. 213.
13. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from 30 June 2009. at paras. 214-215, 283.
14. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from 30 June 2009. at paras. 219,225.
15. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from 30 June 2009. at paras. 231,233.
16. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from 30 June 2009. at paras. 236-239.
17. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from 30 June 2009. at para. 240.
18. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from 30 June 2009. at para. 241.
19. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from 30 June 2009. at para. 249.
20. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from 30 June 2009. (with specifications in paragraphs 252-260).
21. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from 30 June 2009. at paras. 261-262.
22. BVerfGE 89,155(181,184,185).It might be translated approximately by "union of states" or "association of states".
23. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from30 June 2009, paras. 262,271, availableat: http://www.bverfg.de/entscheidu ngen/es20090630.
24. See especially id. at para. 280.
25. See especially . at para. 284.
26. See especially . at para. 288.
27. See especially . at para. 296.
28. See especially . at para. 277.
29. See especially. at para. 264.
30. BVerfGE 89, 155.
31. See,e.g., BVerfGE 30,1;BVerfGE94,49(103).
32. Seesupra note 5.
33. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from30 June 2009, paras. 211,217, availableat: http://www.bverfg.de/entscheidu ngen/es20090630.
34. BVerfGE 89,155(188).
35. On the different positions, see Dreier, supra note 5,at paras. 55-57.
36. Seeinfra at Section V.
37. Seeinfra at Section IVlb, 2.
38. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from30 June 2009, paras. 252, available at: http://www.bverfg.de/entsch eidu ngen/es 20090630.
39. 1d. at para. 249
40. LisbonCase,BVerfG,2 BvE 2/08, from30 June 2009. at para. 256.
41. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from30 June 2009. at para. 280.
42. See Articles 63, 67, 68, 43 of the Basic Law.
43. For a short presentation of proportional representation under German electoral law, see DONALD P. KOMMERS, THE CONSTITUTIONAL JURISPRUDENCE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY 192 (2d ed. 1997).
44. For a list of the important number of bills still requiring approval of the Bundesrat,see Thomas Mann, Art. 77, in GRUNDGESETZ para. 14 (Sachs ed., s" ed. 2009). For a general overview of the recent federalism reform, see Hans-Werner Rengeling, Foderatismusrejorm und Gesetzgebungskompetenzen, DEUTSCHES VERWALTUNGSBLATT 1537 (2006).
45. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from 30 June 2009, para. 288, availableat: http://www.bverfg.de/entsch eidu ngen/es20090630.
46. The classical account of this problem for the German context remains Gerhard Lehmbruch's seminal book on party competition in the federal state. GERHARD LEHMBRUCH, PARTEIENWETTBEWERB 1M BUNDESSTAAT (1976).
47. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, fro m 30 June 2009, para. 277, availableat: http://www.bverfg.de/entc heidungen/es20090630 (" gesta ltungskraftige [ ] M eh rh eitsh errschaft").
48. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, fro m 30 June 2009. at para. 286.
49. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, fro m 30 June 2009. at para. 277.
50. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, fro m 30 June 2009. at para. 276.
51. BVerfGE 89, 155 (186).
52. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from 30 June 2009, para. 288, availableat: http://www.bverfg.de/entscheidu ngen/es20090630288.
53. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from 30 June 2009. at para. 289.
54. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from 30 June 2009. at para. 288.
55. See,e.g.,Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from 30 June 2009. at paras. 219,262,267,279.
56. 1d. at para. 286.
57. See CHRISTOPH SCHONBERGER, UNIONSBURGER 503 (2005).
58. U. S. CaNST. art. 1 § 2 CI. 3.
59. 6l Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from 30 June 2009. at paras. 271, 268, 217.
60. On the strong federal elements in the U.S. Presidential election, see JUDITH BEST, THE CASE AGAINST DIRECT ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT. A DEFENCE OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE (1975). For a critique, see,e.g.,Note - RethinkingtheElectoral CollegeDebate.TheFramers,FederalismandOnePerson,OneVote, 114 HARVARD LAw REVIEW 2526 (2001).
61. Lisbon Case, BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08, from 30 June 2009, paras. 215, 269, availableat: http://www.bverfg.de/entsch eidu ngen/es20090630288.
62. Id. at paras. 277,280.
63. Solange I, BVerfGE 37,271; Solange II,BVerfGE 73, 339. Solange II was confirmed by the Court in the Banana Market Case,BVerfGE 102, 147.
64. LAWRENCE STERNE, THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY, GENTLEMAN, Chapter 2.LX, p. 224 (2004).
65. I borrow the metaphrs from Thomas Oppermann, Den Musterknaben ins Bremserhiiuschen! - Bundesverfassungsgericht und Lissabon-Vertrag, 20 EUROPAISCHEZEITSCHRIFTFUR WIRTSCHAFTSRECHT 473 (2009).