Qualified Autonomy and Federalism versus Secession in EU Member States

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Annegret Eppler Charlie Jeffery Stefan August Lütgenau(Herausgeber*in)

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Intro
Impressum
Titel
Preface
List of abbreviations
Guiding Questions and Cases
Annegret Eppler, Charlie Jeffery, and Stefan August Lütgenau
Secession in EU Member States: Guiding Questions and Overall Design of the Study
1. Secessionist Movements of the Past and Present and the Cases of this Volume
2. Framing, Reasons, Debates, and Bargaining Processes of Secessionist Movements
3. The Papers of this Volume
4. The Origin and History of this Volume
References
Paul Anderson and Soeren Keil
Scotland, the UK and Brexit - At a Constitutional Crossroads
1. Introduction
2. From Evolution to Revolution? - Devolution in Scotland
3. Brexit: Results and Reaction
4. The Constitutional Crossroads: From Compromise to Crisis?
5. Conclusion
References
Michael Keating
Constitutional Options in Scotland
1. Political Traditions
2. Strategic Positioning
3. Public Opinion
4. Unions after Unionism
Klaus-Jürgen Nagel
Catalonia and its "Process" - to Independence?
1. From the "failed" Reform of the Statute of Autonomy to Starting the "Process" Towards Independence
2. The "Process" Proceeds: From "Referendum" to Referendum?
3. 2017 and its Aftermath
References
Manfred Kohler
Belgium: A Confederation in the Making
1. Introduction
2. Belgium's Peculiar Federalism: Regions and Communities in a soft Federal Casing
3. Conclusion and New Reforms
References
Concept Chapters
Roland Sturm
Characteristics of Current Secession Processes - Some Thoughts on an Analytical Framework
1. Who Wants Secession?
2. Sources of Ethnic/National/Regional Frustration: A Theoretical Framework
3. Characteristics of Current Secession Processes
References
Karl Kössler
Federal Constitutions and Secession: From "Perpetual Union" to a Right to Separate?
1. Introduction
2. The Paradigm of "Perpetual Union"
3. The Right to Secession: de lege lata
3.1 Unilateral Secession
3.2 Negotiated Secession
4. The Right to Secession: de lege ferenda
4.1 The Case for a Rigorous Procedural Secession Clause
4.2 Lessons for Constitutional Design
5. Conclusion
References
Andreas Heinemann-Grüder
Does Federalism Drive Secession?
1. The Controversy
2. Can Federalism Prevent Secession?
3. Politics of Recognition
4. Democracy and Rule of Law
5. Barriers Against Centralism
6. Bargaining
7. Third Parties
8. Fragmentation
9. Different Strokes for Different Folks
10. Trans-ethnic Interest Aggregation
11. Cost-benefit Ratios
12. Blessings of Ambiguity
13. Conclusion
References
Annegret Eppler
Does Flexible Integration Cause Disintegration? The BREXIT in the Light of Theories of European Integration
1. Introduction
2. Flexibilization in the History of (the UK in) European Integration
3. Flexible Integration in the BREXIT Debate
4. Flexible Integration as a Question of Institutional and Territorial (Dis-)Integration
5. BREXIT: Despite or Because the UK's Opt-Outs?
6. Flexible Integration between Integration and Disintegration
References
Questions of Legitimacy: What Citizens Think
Robert Liñeira
Scotland
1. The Route to the Independence Referendum
2. Scottish Preferences: The View From North of the Border
3. Perceptions in the Rest of the UK: The View from South of the Border
References
José Pablo Ferrándiz, Mario Kölling, and José Tudela Aranda
Questions of Legitimacy: What Spanish Citizens Think - Different Perceptions - Different Solutions
1. Introduction
2. General attitudes
3. The Developments since 2008
4. The Catalan Question
5. Conclusion
References
Jordi Muñoz
Public Support for Independence in Catalonia
1. Introduction
2. Context: Increasing Support for Independence
3. Reasons: Not only the Economy
4. How Could the Game Change?
5. An Experimental Approach
6. Conclusion
References
Jérémy Dodeigne and Christoph Niessen
The Flemish Negative Case: Explaining the Prevalence of Regionalist Demands without Request for an Independence Referendum
Introduction
1. A very Brief History of Belgian Federalism
2. Voters' Preferences About Regional Autonomy in Flanders and Wallonia-Brussels
3. Parties' Preferences Regarding Regional Autonomy in Flanders and Wallonia-Brussels
4. Belgian Consociationalism and its Effects on Intra- and Inter-Community Party Competition
a) Actors Forced to Negotiate (1968-1995): the 'System Paralysis' as Default Option
b) From 'Business as Usual' to Adjustment to the new Rules of the Game (1995-2014)
Discussion and Conclusion
References
Advocates and Opponents: How Visions are Articulated
Nathalie Behnke
Advocates and Opponents of Secession in Scotland
1. Introduction
2. Actors in the Secession Debate
3. The Role of the Scottish and British Governments
4. Dominant Arguments in the Debate
5. Campaign Communication
6. Conclusion
References
Eva Maria Rhode
The Secession Debate in Catalonia: Advocates and Opponents
1. Parties, Social Associations and Business Interests on each Side of the Campaign
2. The Catalan and the Central Governments and their Role in Relation to the Campaigns
3. Content and Arguments of the Campaigns for and Against Secession
4. Prevailing Communication Methods used by the Campaigns
References
Régis Dandoy and Dave Sinardet
The Separatism Debate in Flanders: Actors and Arguments
1. Actors in the Separatism Debate
1.1 Separatist Parties
1.2 Mainstream (Autonomist) Parties
1.3 Non-Autonomist Parties
1.4 Other Actors
2. Main Arguments and Issues
2.1 The Evolution of the Separatist Discourse
2.2 Socio-Demographic Arguments
2.3 Economic Arguments
2.4 Political Arguments
2.5 Geographical Arguments
3. Communication Methods
4. Conclusion
References
The Central Perspective
Charlie Jeffery
Scottish Independence: The Terms of the Debate
1. What the Yes Side Meant by 'Yes' and 'No'
2. What the No Side Meant by 'Yes'
3. What the No Side Meant by 'No'
4. The Median Voter: Neither Yes nor No
5. Might 'Yes' and 'No' End Up Meaning Much the Same?
Alberto López Basaguren
Claims for Secession in Catalonia: The Central Perspective
1. The Claim for a 'Right to Decide' in Catalonia and the Central State's Response: Introductory Remarks
2. The Denial of a Right to Secede: Constitutional and International Aspects
3. The Rejection of Holding a Referendum: Legal Issues
4. The Way Ahead
Addendum 2018
References
Min Reuchamps
What's Holding Belgium Together?
1. Historical Factors
2. Identity Factors
3. Socio-Economic Factors
4. Political Factors
5. International factors
6. Conclusion: Back to the Symbols
References
How to Manage Secession: Domestically
Nicola McEwen
Accommodating Secession? Territorial Accommodation in the Scottish Referendum Debate
1. Accommodating an Independence Referendum
2. Embedded Independence and Interdependence
3. Accommodation Without Unity?
References
Ferran Requejo
Political Legitimacy and Secessions in European Plurinational Democracies. The Catalan Case
1. Political Legitimacy in Plurinational States. Theories of Secession
2. From Regionalism to Secessionism Within the European Union. The Catalan Case
2.1 Domestic Politics
2.2 European Politics
3. Conclusion
References
Bea Cantillon
Belgian Social Federalism: Quo Vadis?
1. Introduction
2. On which Tier Should Social Security be Organised? A Short Recapitulation of the Theoretical Arguments
3. What Preceded the Sixth State Reform
4. The Sixth State Reform and Belgian Social Security: Four Ambiguous Premises
4.1 Why Mature Systems of Social Protection are Difficult to Split: The Particular Nature of Social Security Schemes
4.1.1 The Complex Nature of Social Security (Schemes)
4.1.2 Social Security and its Basic Principles
4.1.3 Brussels
4.1.4 The International Regulatory Framework
4.2 The Fiction of Homogeneous Policy Packages: Towards an 'Interwining' of Powers
4.3 Accountability versus Autonomy
5. Belgian Social Federalism after the Sixth State Reform
References
How to Manage Secession: EU Aspects
Fabian Zuleeg
An Independent Scotland and the European Union: What Impact does the Potential in-out UK Referendum have on the Independence Debate?
1. Scottish Independence and the Question of EU Membership
2. Impact of EU Membership on the Scottish Electorate
3. Feedback Loops: What Relationship to the UK in-out Referendum?
3.1 Implications of a UK Exit for an Independent Scotland
3.2 The UK Referendum in Light of the Scottish Referendum
4. Conclusions
Addendum
References
Eliseo Aja
The Catalan Relationship with the European Union after a Possible Declaration of Independence
1. The Importance of the Issue
2. The Opinion of the Catalan Government
3. The Enforcement of the European Treaty
4. Politics and Law
References
Peter Bursens
Flemish EU Membership, . If Secession (Ever) Became an Option
1. Secession and EU Membership: The Debate
2. Secession is not on the Political Agenda in Belgium
3. What would Happen with EU Membership if Secession were on the Agenda?
4. The Position of Flemish political Parties on EU Membership
5. Conclusion
References
Is there a Third Way?
John Erik Fossum
New Forms of Federations
1. Introduction
2. Why Federalism?
3. What is Distinctive About the EU in Federalism Terms?
4. Concluding Comments
References
Alain-G. Gagnon
Internal and External Self-Determination Process of a Minority Nation: Quebec in a Comparative Perspective
1. Introduction
2. Historical Setting
3. 1995: A High Tide
4. What Next?
4.1 The Canadian Context
4.2 International Context: Reinforcing and Conflicting Principles
5. Conclusion
References
Günther Pallaver
South Tyrol and Internal Self-Determination
1. The myth of Self-Determination
2. Abandoning the Shift of Territorial Boundaries
3. Autonomy Instead of Self-Determination - with Exceptions
4. No Desire for Reunification
5. Conclusions and Theoretical Findings
References
Roland Vaubel
The Political Economy of Secession in, and Withdrawal from, the European Union
1. Introduction
2. The Political Economy of Secession in the European Union
2.1. Constitutional Issues
2.2. International Aspects
2.3. Referenda and Self-Determination
3. The Political Economy of Withdrawal from the European Union
References
Widening the Scope
John Erik Fossum and David Haglund
Historical Secession and Contemporary Integration - Norway's Secession from Sweden 1905 and the Present Situation of European Integration
1. Introduction
2. The Union Context
3. A Lengthy Process Leading up to Separation
4. A Peaceful Process by Design or by Default?
5. From the post-war to the Present
6. Conclusion
References
Clemens Lammerskitten
Regionalisation from the Perspective of the Council of Europe and its Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
1. Institutional Elements of a pan-European Regional Policy
2. The Road from a Draft 'European Charter of Regional Self-Government' to a Reference Framework
3. The Utrecht Declaration and its Reference Framework for Regional Democracy
4. The Monitoring Procedure of the Congress
5. The European Charter of Local Self-Government
6. Additional Instruments with Relevance to Regional Self-Government
7. Future Prospects of the Council of Europe in the Field of Regionalisation
Internet Sources
References
Yuri Andrukhovych
Heated Crimea, Frozen Donbas: On the Two Types of "Ukrainian-Style Secession"
List of Authors
Annex: Conference Programme

List of abbreviations

AMI

Association of Municipalities for Independence (Catalonia)

ANC

Catalan National Assembly

B Plus

Belgium Plus

BUB

Belgian Union

C's

Citizens (Spanish party)

CALRE

Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies

CatComú-Podem

Catalonia in Common-We Can

CATN

National Transition Advisory Council (Catalonia)

Spanish Constitutional Court

CD&V

Christian Democratic and Flemish

CDC

Democratic Convergence of Catalonia

CDDG

European Committee on Democracy and Governance

cdH

Humanist Democratic Centre (Belgian party)

CDLR

European Committee on Local and Regional Democracy

CiU

Convergence and Union (Catalonian party)

Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe

COCOM

Common Community Commission (Belgium)

CoE

Council of Europe

CSQP

Catalonia Yes We Can

CUP

Popular Unity Candidacy (Catalonian party)

CUP-CC

Popular Unity Candidacy - Constituent Call

(Catalonian party)

CVO

Independent Flanders Committee

CVP

Christian People's Party (Belgian party)

Democrats of Catalonia

Défi

Democratic Federalist Independent (Belgian party)

DPR

Donetsk People's Republic

ECJ

European Court of Justice

Écolo

Confederated Ecologists for the Organisation of Original Struggles (Belgian party)

ECR

European Conservatives and Reformist group

EEA

European Economic Area

EFTA

European Free Trade Association

EGTC

European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation

European Parliament

EPRDF

Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front

ERC

Republican Left of Catalonia

ERC-CatSí

Republican Left of Catalonia - Catalonia Yes

ETA

Basque Homeland and Liberty

European Union

EUiA

United and Alternative Left (Catalonia party)

FDF

Democratic Front of Francophones (Belgian party)

FNLC

National Liberation Front of Corsica

FPÖ

Freedom Party of Austria

GATT

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

HM Government

Her Majesty's Government and the Crown - The Government of the United Kingdom

ICV

Initiative for Catalonia Greens

IRA

Irish Republican Army

ITN

Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty (Former group in the European Parliament)

United Left (Spanish party)

JMC

Joint Ministerial Committee on EU Negotiations (United Kingdom)

JxSí

Together for Yes (Catalonian political alliance)

LPC

Liberal Party of Canada

LPR

Luhansk People's Republic

MCP

Member of the Catalan Parliament

MES

Left Movement (Catalonia)

MLG

Multilevel governance

Member of Parliament

Reformist Movement (Belgian party)

MSI

Social Movement Italy

MSP

Member of the Scottish Parliament

N-VA

New Flemish Alliance

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

The Netherlands

Cultural Omnium (Catalonian Association)

Open VLD

Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats

PACE

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

PCP

Progressive Conservatives (Canadian party)

PDECat

Catalan European Democratic Party

PNV

Basque Nationalist Party

People's Party (Spanish party)

PPC

People's Party of Catalonia

Parti Québécois

Socialist Party (Belgian party)

PSC

Socialist Party of Catalonia

PSOE

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

PTB-PVDA

Workers' Party of Belgium

REGLEG

Conference of European Regions with Legislative Power

ROC

Rest of Canada

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