@article{2023:weber:european_i,
title = {European Integration through the Eyes of its Treaties’ Preambles},
year = {2023},
note = {Can the history of European integration be told on the basis of the
textual development of the preambles to the European treaties? This is
the fundamental question of this text which looks at European
integration through the eyes of its treaties’ preambles. In a first
step, possible forms, content and functions of preambles are
introduced. This provides the analytical framework for the following
part that explores the European treaties’ preambles and layers of
integration. It focusses on three central hypotheses: Beginning with
thoughts on the speaking entity of the preambles, i.e. their subjects,
the text examines directions and reasons of European integration.
Starting point to this is the “ever closer union among the European
peoples” and the discussion on values.},
journal = {ZEuS Zeitschrift für Europarechtliche Studien},
pages = {97--122},
author = {Weber, Ruth},
volume = {26},
number = {1}
}