The development of an EU military crisis management capacity is to be seen as an activity within the framework of the CFSP (Title V of the TEU) and as a part of the progressive framing of a common defence policy in accordance with Article 17 of the TEU.
The TEU is the latest stepping stone toward unification.
Section III discusses EU citizenship (Unionsbürgerschaft), introduced by the TEU.
The TEU explicitly embraces the goals of economic cohesion and solidarity among the Member States.
Article 50 of the TEU explicitly allows Member States to withdraw from the European Union.
However, Article 50(2) of the TEU calls for a two-year period of negotiations.
Nevertheless, the TEU inaugurated important qualitative changes in the integration process which merit critical scrutiny.
Article 50 of the TEU provides an unconditional right to withdraw from the European Union.
The first argues that the intergovernmental character of CFSP provisions under the TEU undermines the supragovernmental character of the Community.
Under the general rules of the TEU, the European Council makes a unanimous decision when deciding on the guidelines.
The TEU fell victim to the success of the Single European Act, the unanticipated consequences of which had raised awareness of the potential impact of Treaty amendment.
