Federal unity and stability guarantee: some European models (Portugal, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Belgium)

Authors

  • Patricia Rodríguez-Patrón Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/redc.120.04

Abstract

This work shows the instruments that different States of our legal environment have to remedy situations of serious breach by the Member States or regions of their constitutional duties that may endanger the respective Federation. All this, preceded by a synthetic exposition of the territorial context established by each one of the Constitutions of the studied countries, within which the mentioned instruments take on their true meaning. Specifically, the cases of Portugal, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Belgium are shown, being able to observe the diversity of techniques, as well as the bodies involved in federal coercion, which find their explanation in the special characteristics of each order. A particular case in this respect represents, as will be seen, Belgium, where it has been preferred to resolve this type of conflict through agreement and negotiation between the parties.

Published

2020-12-21