Citizens Should Vote on Secession

Essi Eerola, Niku Määttänen and Panu Poutvaara ()
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Niku Määttänen: The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy and CEBR
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The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2004, vol. topics.4, issue 1, pages 23

Abstract:

The draft treaty establishing a constitution for the European Union states that each member state may withdraw from the European Union following its own constitutional requirements. We argue that such a rule could lead into an increased use of threat of withdrawal to extract concessions in intergovernmental negotiations. This problem would be exacerbated by national electorates facing an incentive to elect more confrontational politicians. We also suggest a remedy: EU constitution should require that withdrawal from EU membership must be approved by the voters of the withdrawing member state in a referendum.

Keywords: Federalism; secession; the European Union; referendum (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H77 D72 D61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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