The article looks at Opinion 1/13 and the broader implications of the Lisbon Treaty for EU external relations competence and procedures. Two novel substantive issues are discussed. The first is the ...potential impact of the catalogue of competences in the Lisbon Treaty, and the codification of the doctrine of implied powers in Articles 3(2) TFEU and 216(1) TFEU. Has the Lisbon Treaty managed to reinstate the Member States as “masters of the Treaties” that can not only “codify” and “contain” but even “reverse” case law of the ECJ on EU external competence? The second is how far can the EU take part in “setting the international scene”, in an extra-EU context. Should the outcome be different according to the subject matter, or the nature of EU competence? The article also examines the instrumentalization of the Opinion procedure by the Commission to force the adoption of a Union position in the Council.
The volume brings together academics and practitioners from across the EU to address the question of 'facultative mixity' in the EU's external relations, i.e. the situation whereby both the EU and ...its Member States enter into an international agreement with a third country even if legally the EU could act on its own.
EU Management of Global Emergencies: Legal Framework for Combating Threats and Crises provides a thorough analysis of the role played by the European Union (EU) in combating some of the global ...emergencies that currently affect, or are likely to affect, our planet.
The European Union in the World: Essays in Honour of Marc Maresceau is dedicated to the academic career of Marc Maresceau, a world-renowned expert in EU external relations law and pioneer in EU ...enlargement and neighbourhood studies. With a special focus on the post-Lisbon legal framework of EU external action, the book builds further upon the implementation of the reforms initiated by the Lisbon Treaty to offer virtually all-encompassing analysis of EU external relations law by top-level specialists.
