<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> European integration entity ceased to be just a forum for negotiations between independent and sovereign nation states. To some extent it overlaps with the states and becomes their competitor. In this context, the classical concept of state sovereignty loses its original content and meaning. The participation in the integration project opens the question whether it takes away or weakens sovereignty of Member States? This paper puts on four arguments to proof the hypothesis that Czech Republic continues to be a sovereign country even aft er accession to the European Union.</p></abstract>

European integration entity ceased to be just a forum for negotiations between independent and sovereign nation states. To some extent it overlaps with the states and becomes their competitor. In this context, the classical concept of state sovereignty loses its original content and meaning. The participation in the integration project opens the question whether it takes away or weakens sovereignty of Member States? This paper puts on four arguments to proof the hypothesis that Czech Republic continues to be a sovereign country even aft er accession to the European Union.

European Integration and Czech Sovereignty ‘Synchronized’

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Four Basic Arguments in Defence of Preservation of Sovereign Statehood

European integration entity ceased to be just a forum for negotiations between independent and sovereign nation states. To some extent it overlaps with the...

European Integration and Czech Sovereignty ‘Synchronized’

Published Online: Jan 24, 2018

Page range: 41 - 58

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/iclr-2016-0050

Keywords
EU, Sovereignty, Czech Republic, Constitutional and Supranational Safeguards

© 2018

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

European Integration and Czech Sovereignty ‘Synchronized’

Published Online: Jan 24, 2018

Page range: 41 - 58

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/iclr-2016-0050

KeywordsEU, Sovereignty, Czech Republic, Constitutional and Supranational Safeguards

© 2018

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
EU, Sovereignty, Czech Republic, Constitutional and Supranational Safeguards