Democracy, Sovereignty and Europe
<p>Fifty years after Ireland and UK joined the EEC together in January 1973, the two states find themselves on radically different European trajectories. Both are common law countries with shared traditions of parliamentary governance and strong cultural links to the wider Anglosphere. However...
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| description | <p>Fifty years after Ireland and UK joined the EEC together in January 1973, the two states find themselves on radically different European trajectories. Both are common law countries with shared traditions of parliamentary governance and strong cultural links to the wider Anglosphere. However, in Ireland there is broad elite and popular support for maintaining alignment with the requirements of EU and ECHR law – while, in the UK, such European influences trigger a sharp allergic reaction. What explains this dramatic divergence? The answer perhaps lies partially in the differing ‘constitutional imaginaries’ of Ireland and the UK, and how EU and ECHR alignment is understood to impact on the exercise of popular sovereignty in both states.</p>
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| spelling | doaj.art-6d0d8f0aaff5480ebe872d64441e627b2023-04-12T10:34:56ZdeuMax Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbHVerfassungsblog2366-70442023-04-012366-7044Democracy, Sovereignty and EuropeColm O'Cinneide<p>Fifty years after Ireland and UK joined the EEC together in January 1973, the two states find themselves on radically different European trajectories. Both are common law countries with shared traditions of parliamentary governance and strong cultural links to the wider Anglosphere. However, in Ireland there is broad elite and popular support for maintaining alignment with the requirements of EU and ECHR law – while, in the UK, such European influences trigger a sharp allergic reaction. What explains this dramatic divergence? The answer perhaps lies partially in the differing ‘constitutional imaginaries’ of Ireland and the UK, and how EU and ECHR alignment is understood to impact on the exercise of popular sovereignty in both states.</p> https://verfassungsblog.de/democracy-sovereignty-and-europe/EU Membership, Ireland, Parliamentary Sovereignty, Popular Sovereign, United Kingdom |
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| title_short | Democracy, Sovereignty and Europe |
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| topic | EU Membership, Ireland, Parliamentary Sovereignty, Popular Sovereign, United Kingdom |
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