Perspectives on Federalism is a free on-line peer-reviewed journal, promoted by the Centre for Studies on Federalism.

1. The voting systems in the Council of the EU and the Bundesrat – What do they tell us about European Federalism?
(Jacek Czaputowicz and Marcin Kleinowski/Essay)

... Systems used in federal states are usually based on a compromise between the equality of states, and the equality of citizens. Consequently, in the Nice system, smaller Member States in the EU had relatively ...

2. Guidelines for a Constitutional Reform of the European Union
(Antonio Padoa Schioppa/Editorial)

... EU Member-State aggregation, which may be larger or smaller than the Eurozone but does not include all the members of the Union itself.  ...

3. A First Important Experience in Participatory Democracy in Italy: Region of Tuscany Law No. 69 of 27 December 2007
(Cecilia Corsi/Essay)

... has been submitted and therefore, to date, this process of participation has never been put into practice. The support of the Region concerns smaller participatory projects that have to do with “the allocation ...