MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE AND SOVEREIGNTY LOSS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EUROPEAN TREATIES
MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE AND SOVEREIGNTY LOSS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EUROPEAN TREATIES

Summary/Abstract: THE EUROPEAN GOVERNANCE IS AN EXTREMELY COMPLEX TYPE OF LEADERSHIP, WHICH INVOLVESMANY TYPES OF ACTORS AND LEVELS OF ACTION WITHIN A PROCESS THAT SIGNIFIES EVERYTHINGRELATED TO THE ORGANIZATION OF POLITCIES. THE MAIN LEVELS OF ACTION ARE: THESUPRANATIONAL LEVEL, THE NATIONAL LEVEL, THE REGIONAL LEVEL, THE LOCAL LEVEL.THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE, WHICH FORM ITS SPHERE AND OFFERIT A MEANING, ARE: THE LACK OF HIERARCHY WITHIN THE INSTITUTIONAL ARCHITECTURE ANDWITHIN THE DECISION-MAKIG PROCESS AND THE DYNAMIC DISPERSION OF AUTHORITY. TWO MAINAPPROACHES RELATED TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NATION-STATE IN THE EQUATION OF MULTILEVELGOVERNANCEDOMINATE:THESTRATEGIC-RELATIONALAPPROACHANDTHESTATECENTRICAPPROACH.THETRANSFORMATIONOF SOVEREIGNTY IS UNDERLINED IN RELATION TO THE EFFECTS THAT THEMAIN EUROPEAN TREATIES HAVE PRODUCED FOR THE EUROPEAN STATES AND ALSO IN RELATION TOMULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE.THE PRESENT ARTICLE HAS THE PURPOSE TO PRESENT MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE, TO REVEAL ITSMECHANISMS AND STRUCTURES. ALSO, THE ARTICLE FOCUSES ON THE SOVEREIGTY TRANSFER. A LINKBETWEEN MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE, EUROPEAN TREATIES AND SOVEREIGNTY LOSS IS BEINGESTABLISHED AND THE ACCENT FALLS ON A PROGRESSIVE SOVEREIGNTY TRANSFER FROM THEEUROPEAN STATES TO THE EUROPEAN UNION.

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