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Hofmann, Herwig C.H.; Zaccaroni, Giovanni --- "The European Economic Constitution embedded in the European Constitutional Model" [2019] ELECD 2475; in Hofmann, C.H. Herwig; Pantazatou, Katerina; Zaccaroni, Giovanni (eds), "The Metamorphosis of the European Economic Constitution" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 301

Book Title: The Metamorphosis of the European Economic Constitution

Editor(s): Hofmann, C.H. Herwig; Pantazatou, Katerina; Zaccaroni, Giovanni

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: Chapter 13

Section Title: The European Economic Constitution embedded in the European Constitutional Model

Author(s): Hofmann, Herwig C.H.; Zaccaroni, Giovanni

Number of pages: 12

Abstract/Description:

This chapter provides the reader with a summary and a contextualisation of the overall aim of this book. It does so by putting into perspective the various transformations that have impaired the economic constitution in the last years. The chapter starts by examining the relationship between the economic constitution and the European social model, eventually culminating in the link between the ‘economic’ and the ‘social’ constitutions. Thereafter, the chapter continues with an analysis of how the situation has culminated in conferring extensive powers on executives that have, in turn, also increased the power of review of the European Courts. Lastly, it reflects on a holistic model of European public law that is capable of overcoming the idea of the EU as a Zweckverband - a special purpose vehicle.