State and Constitution against the TTIP. A look from the lessons learned from the European Union

  • José Manuel Martínez Sierra FAS, Harvard University
  • Victòria Alsina Burgués Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2422-2022

Abstract

This article analyzes the constitutional weakening (in relation to the democratic principle and fundamental rights) of nation‐states when they become part of supranational organizations, such as the European Union, as well as when they adhere a new generation treaty as the TTIP. In the case of the European Union, we examine the learnings that can be extracted of its progressive integration process, distinguishing two historical phases with different logics. In the case of the TTIP, we analyze its economic, geopolitical and regulatory impact in terms of constitutional weakening of nation‐ states. In this context, the thesis of this article is that this constitutional emptiness is especially serious in the case of the TTIP in which, unlike the European Union, there are not mechanisms and institutions that try to mitigate these externalities.

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Author Biographies

José Manuel Martínez Sierra, FAS, Harvard University

José Manuel Martínez Sierra es Profesor Jean Monnet ad personam para el Estudio de Derecho y Gobierno de la Unión Europea, Faculty Affiliate del Centro de Estudios Europeos Minda de Gunzburg en Harvard y Faculty Associate del Centro David Rockefeller de Estudios Latinoamericanos. Enseña diferentes cursos sobre Europa y España en el Departamento de Gobierno de Harvard. Actualmente es director del Real Colegio Complutense de Harvard.

http://rcc.harvard.edu/people/jos%C3%A9-manuel-mart%C3%ADnez-sierra

Victòria Alsina Burgués, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University

Victòria Alsina es investigadora, profesora y consultora especialista en colaboración público-privada e innovación democrática. Su actividad investigadora y docente se centra en la búsqueda de soluciones innovadoras para resolver algunos de los problemas que se producen en la crítica intersección entre el sector público y el sector privado y que representan uno de los principales desafíos del sector publico contemporáneo. Victòria también tiene una amplia experiencia como consultora en instituciones públicas y privadas; siendo sus clientes más relevantes organizaciones internacionales como la OCDE, la Unión Europea o el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo. Victòria es licenciada en Ciencias Políticas y de la Administración por la Universitat Pompeu Fabra y tiene un Máster en Administración Pública por la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, un Máster en Dirección Pública por ESADE Business School y un Doctorado en Ciencias Políticas y Sociales por la Universitat Pompeu Fabra.  Áreas de especialización:Reforma del sector público;Colaboración público-privada; Gobernanza colaborativa; Transformación urbana; Innovación democrática e Innovación docente.

4-055-2017
Published
2017-04-22
How to Cite
Martínez Sierra, J. M., & Alsina Burgués, V. (2017). State and Constitution against the TTIP. A look from the lessons learned from the European Union. GIGAPP Estudios Working Papers, 4(55-59), 56-77. Retrieved from https://gigapp.org/ewp/index.php/GIGAPP-EWP/article/view/42
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Vol 4 No 55-59 (2017): Studies/Working Papers New Series
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Articles

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