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In the second module we looked briefly at the concepts of sovereignty, intergovernmentalism and supranationalism with regard to the EU treaties and decision-making procedures. We will now look again at these issues from a more theoretical and conceptual standpoint.<\/p>\n

The supranationalism-intergovernmentalism debate is at the heart of much theory about the EU and a solid knowledge of the supranational and intergovernmental aspects of the EU polity in their theoretical context will help you significantly.<\/p>\n

De facto and de jure sovereignty<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

The concepts of\u00a0de jure<\/b><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0de facto<\/b><\/em>\u00a0sovereignty are particularly important for understanding European integration.<\/p>\n

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Indeed, one of the major questions raised in regard to sovereignty in the EU is whether external pressures (globalisation, terrorism, climate change etc) constrain\u00a0de facto<\/b><\/em>\u00a0state sovereignty so much that despite losing some of their\u00a0de jure<\/b><\/em>\u00a0sovereignty, states actually get a net\u00a0de facto<\/b><\/em>\u00a0sovereignty gain by cooperating together and pooling sovereignty as they are more able to deal with global problems.<\/p>\n

\"sovereignty-02\"<\/p>\n

Read the following extract \u00a0Sovereignty-intergovernmentalism-and-supranationalism.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Note in particular what is said about<\/p>\n

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  1. De facto<\/em> and de jure<\/em> sovereignty and the pooling of sovereignty<\/li>\n
  2. The difference between intergovernmentalism and supranationalism<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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