Unione Europea e Stati Uniti Sovranità, democrazia e governance a confronto
The European Union and The United States. Sovereignty, democracy and governance in conflict

Summary/Abstract: It has been years since E.U. is immerged in a grave crisis which negatively impacts the life of every citizen. What apparently seems to be an economic crisis, has deeper and more gnarled roots. But while addressing the problem many still fail to examine it in depth. In my opinion the genesis of these issues is the gravity of the political crisis. European Union is a big economic centre but it has never become a big political centre capable to manage this economic colossus it engendered. My research starts from the these issues which I addressed on a political point of view and is grounded on two fundamental parts 1.The analysis of some concepts such as sovereignty, legitimacy, representativeness, democracy, governance 2.The comparison of these concepts in two different contexts: E.U., U.S.A. My study starts with the analysis of sovereignty because I think this is an essential part which holds hostage the union, represented as “unidentified political subject”, between intergovernmental organization and federation. Later on my study focuses on the concept of constitution, constituent power, legitimacy of the two constitutional texts, their content and their interior organization. On the one hand, the American check of balance, on the other hand the Council, the only European centre of power. While comparing these concepts I decided to highlight the limits that these fundamental concepts have in the Union: it lacks sovereignty, a people, a constituent power, relations of representation, it is immersed in a social and democratic deficit, it has a government which is not representative and has a parliament which is divided between national and citizens’ interests. My study does not aim at causing disillusionment, what Union has already done. It aims at understanding because understanding is the first step to overcome problems.

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