Draft treaty establishing the European Union
The draft treaty for the establishment of the European Union was a draft European constitution passed by the European Parliament in 1984 with 237 votes in favor to 31 against .
The creation of the draft constitution was essentially related to the direct election of the European Parliament, which was first held in 1979. As a result, the parliament saw itself as a "constitution-developing" assembly. The supranationally oriented draft constitution, drawn up by the committee for institutional questions under rapporteur Altiero Spinelli , found a large majority of MEPs, but was not ratified by the member states of the European Community .
literature
F. Capotorti, M. Hilf u. a .: The Treaty establishing the European Union. Commentary on the draft adopted by the European Parliament on February 14, 1984. Baden-Baden, Nomos, 1986.
M. Müller: Diplomacy or Parliamentarism. Altiero Spinelli's rejection of the Genscher-Colombo plan in 1981. In: European History Thematic Portal, 2009.
Web links
- Text of the draft constitution (PDF; 317 kB)