Unia Europejska – kilka uwag o fundamentach prawnych
The European Union: Some Comments on Its Legal Character

Summary/Abstract: The domestic debate on the EU is often simplified, based on ideology or lack of comprehension. European – including Polish – discussion is quite often dominated by narrowly understood national interests overshadowed by the lack of information on the functioning of the EU. The controversy between the European Commission and Poland on the rule of law in Poland, especially the independence of the judiciary or the issue of relocation of immigrants prove that the subject matter of the dispute is the treaty model of integration and its fundamental legal concepts. It is thus crucial to reflect on what is the supranational character of the EU? Why we have agreed to confer public powers on the EU? Is the EU restricting sovereignty? Is the democracy possible in the EU? Despite the criticism, the EU is still offering effective multilevel governance setting. To paraphrase Mark Twain: the report of its death was an exaggeration.

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