"Отказ" или съвместно упражняване на суверенитет от държавите-членки в рамките на Европейския съюз
“Renunciation” or Joint Exercise of Sovereignty by Member States within the European Union

Author(s): Yulian Komsalov
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, International Law, EU-Legislation
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: renunciation; EU; sovereignty; informational presentation; integration process; Treaty on European Union
Summary/Abstract: The European continent was the scene of numerous conflicts that lasted without interruption until the end of the 20th century. This has an impact both on conceptions of international order and on citizens' views of the role of their state in international relations. The fear of losing sovereignty and creating the possibility of losing a nation's identity in a united Europe has not been overcome. In times of crisis, such as the current one, these sentiments stand out even more strongly among voters. Overcoming the existing situation is not particularly helped by the fact that the EU project in its current form - the TEU and TFEU and the acquis of EU law - has never been clear to the individual voter. An important task for the political leadership, both at Member State and EU level, is to find a way to compensate for this gap and lack of communication between the EU and voters in individual Member States. This mistrust, in turn, is the basis for speculation by certain political circles in the Member States about the 'loss' or 'renunciation' of sovereignty within the EU for individual countries. While such a 'renunciation' or 'loss' has no basis in the TEU or the TFEU, until the problem of the informational presentation of the nature of the EU to the electorate is resolved, such speculation has had and will continue to have an adverse impact on the integration process within the Union.

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