Reprezentacja państw członkowskich w Radzie Europejskiej w kontekście zasad ustrojowych
- Institution: Uniwersytet Marii Curie - Skłodowskiej w Lublinie
- Source: Show
- Pages: 147-163
- DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/ppk.2016.01.07
- PDF: ppk/29/ppk2907.pdf
Representation of the Member States in the European Council in the context of political principles
The article presents the principle of institutional representation in force in the EU in relation to the members of the European Council. The purpose of this article was the analysis of the principles for the participation of the Member States in the European Council, which was presented on the basis of their constitutional regulations. The first document of the European Communities, which regulates the composition of the European Council, was the Single European Act. Subsequent reform treaties complemented and modified the board of the institution. The article analyzes the conditions for the representation of Member States in the European Council by the heads of governments or states, based on the constitutional principles of the representative Members. The analysis leads to the conclusion that the choice of a representative in the European Council belongs to the exclusive competence of the EU Member States. This choice is largely conditioned by the principles of the political system – the form of government and political system in force in the Member State concerned. A vast majority – twenty-two EU member states are represented in the European Council by the heads of their governments. Four Member States are represented by their heads of state, while the Federal Chancellor is the representative of two Member States in the European Council. Each change in terms of the political system of a Member State can be made only on the grounds of constitutional provisions.
