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1. The Conference on the Future of Europe and the Reform of the EU
(Roberto Castaldi/Editorial)

... expectations that may not be fulfilled. Its success or failure depends on the behaviour of citizens and institutional actors within the Conference, and on the evolution of the European political landscape ...

2. Subnational Constitutional Adjudication and Judicial Activism in Germany
(Werner Reutter/Essay)

... theme of constitutional democracies: the tension between political self-determination and constitutional adjudication. On the other hand, I assume that judicial activism in the German Länder depends on ...

3. Closer to the citizens? European constitutional processes, communication policy and publicity
(Giulio Itzcovich/Essay)

This essay proposes that the emergence and failure of the debate on the EU constitutional reform depends, amongst other things, on the rise of what it calls ‘publicity’ as public policy and governance ...