Euroopa Liit
EU integration theories are meant to address:
- The speed and direction f EU integration
- The speed and direction of individual policies
- The failure to establish certain policies
- The institutional development
- Why progress takes place in certain times
Federalism
Ventotene manifesto
- The autonomous nature of the pan European movement for the European federation
- The European Constituent Assembly to command necessary democrativ legitimacy
- Exploitation of the contradictions of the functional approach to European integration
1. The independent movement for the European federation
- Should unite all supporters, should not be a political party
- Should be supernational
- Should seek direct influence on public opinion, exercise pressure on national
governments
2. Constituent Assembly vs intergovernmental method: not governments but citizens
- Represent the public opinion