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The “Savona Affaire”: Over­constitutionali­zation in Action?

  • Marco Dani,
  • Agustín José Menendez

Journal volume & issue
no. 2366-7044

Abstract

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As is well known, Italy is undergoing an institutional crisis sparked by President Mattarella’s veto on the composition of the prospective Italian government. Following Dieter Grimm, we claim that the events here analysed reveal the extent to which the EU legal framework is overconstitutionalised and the democratic costs and risks inherent in this legal and political order.

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