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Sustainable Agri-Food Systems, Climate Change and CAP Strategic Plans in the ambitious pathways of the EU after the Green Deal
(Andrea Saba/Essay)
(Andrea Saba/Essay)
... from the Commission of 20 May 2020 on the Farm to Fork Strategy strengthened further the efforts for building a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system. The EU Common Agricultural Policy ...
... concept at stake, depending on the forum considered. According to the AoA, food security is conceived as an exception. It does not consider the individual condition, but focuses either on a country’s agricultural ...
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Subnational constitutions between asymmetry in fundamental rights protection and the principle of non-discrimination: a comparison between Belgium (Charter for Flanders) and Switzerland
(Matteo Monti/Essay)
(Matteo Monti/Essay)
... In the first part (section 2), this paper briefly explores the importance of subnational constitutions in multinational states, highlighting how subnational constitutions could incorporate cultural fundamental ...
4.
Women’s rights and minorities’ rights in Canada. The challenges of intersectionality in Supreme Court jurisprudence
(Valentina Rita Scotti/Essay)
(Valentina Rita Scotti/Essay)
... for these groups of women a source of double discrimination. Brief concluding remarks discuss the challenges deriving from the different options for accommodating the principle of equality with cultural ...
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Commanders-in-chief beyond the border: analysing the powers of heads of state in Northern American federalism
(Tiago de Melo Cartaxo/Essay)
(Tiago de Melo Cartaxo/Essay)
... even between countries which were historically influenced by the same constitutional and democratic traditions, but, as a result of a multitude of historical and cultural influences, decided to follow ...
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The failure of intergovernmentalism in tackling the EU crisis and the European Parliament’s initiative
(Roberto Castaldi/Editorial)
(Roberto Castaldi/Editorial)
The EU is facing a multi-faceted, existential, crisis; it is an economic and social crisis in some countries, a political and cultural crisis all over the EU and a geopolitical crisis at the international ...
... socio-cultural and ecological order. Such a development should be supported by suitable budgetary systems at each level of public government. The paper presents a conception of the sustainable EU own resources ...
... Community, chaired by Walter Hallstein, which established a direct relationship between the renewal of the financial regulation of the Common Agricultural Policy, the shift towards a system of “own resources” ...
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Margins of Nationality. External ethnic citizenship and non-discrimination
(Kriszta Kovács, Zsolt Körtvélyesi, and Alíz Nagy/Essay)
(Kriszta Kovács, Zsolt Körtvélyesi, and Alíz Nagy/Essay)
... the rules of both birthright and acquired political membership. Most states employ some form of cultural affinity-based criteria relating to ethnic identity that differentiate between applicants that seek ...
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Building Subnational Constitutionalism Through Identity Narratives. The Case of Spain
(Ilenia Ruggiu/Essay)
(Ilenia Ruggiu/Essay)
... that underlines the reform, the case of Spain is interesting at a more general level to show the pervasive role that regional cultural identity plays in building subnational constitutionalism as a source ...
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A First Important Experience in Participatory Democracy in Italy: Region of Tuscany Law No. 69 of 27 December 2007
(Cecilia Corsi/Essay)
(Cecilia Corsi/Essay)
Participatory democracy is a theme of growing interest in Italy, in both cultural debate and administrative practice. Some Regions have felt a need to provide a legislative framework in order to facilitate ...
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EU Citizenship, Naturalisations, and Mythical Cultural Exceptionalism in Europe Today
(Dimitry Kochenov/Essay)
(Dimitry Kochenov/Essay)
This essay discusses the dubious premises of ‘repressive liberalism’ underlying the policies of cultural ‘integration’ that have been adopted by a number of otherwise liberal democracies around the world. ...
... by private institutions in order to support its cultural initiatives and its research activity. The Center, in fact, is continuously in need of funding aimed to support and realize the numerous innovative ...