PERNICE, Ingolf; Katharina Pistor. Law and governance in an enlarged European Union: essays in European law. [s.l.]: Hart Publishing, 2004. Dostupné online. ISBN978-1-84113-426-0. Kapitola Institutional settlements for an enlarged European Union, s. 3–38. Citace: Among the most difficult challenges has been reconciling the two faces of equality – equality of states versus equality of citizens. In an international organization […] the principle of equality of states would ordinarily prevail. However, the Union is of a different nature, having developed into a fully fledged 'supranational Union', a polity sui generis. But to the extent that such a polity is based upon the will of, and is constituted by, its citizens, democratic principles require that all citizens have equal rights.
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Press release no. 72/2009. Judgment of 30 June 2009. [s.l.]: German Federal Constitutional Court – Press office, 30 June 2009. Dostupné online. Citace: The extent of the Union's freedom of action has steadily and considerably increased, not least by the Treaty of Lisbon, so that meanwhile in some fields of policy, the European Union has a shape that corresponds to that of a federal state, i.e. is analogous to that of a state. In contrast, the internal decision-making and appointment procedures remain predominantly committed to the pattern of an international organisation, i.e. are analogous to international law; as before, the structure of the European Union essentially follows the principle of the equality of states. […] Due to this structural democratic deficit, which cannot be resolved in a Staatenverbund, further steps of integration that go beyond the status quo may undermine neither the States’ political power of action nor the principle of conferral. The peoples of the Member States are the holders of the constituent power. […] The constitutional identity is an inalienable element of the democratic self-determination of a people.
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The Myth of Europe's Democratic Deficit [PDF]. Princeton University [cit. 2017-04-10]. Dostupné online. (anglicky)
