approximation strategy, and even more so for the
supranationalismNone of this is to say that
supranationalism is a thing of the past.
Supranationalism, in contrast to internationalism, implies a hierarchy, with the supranational level on top.
What has been the dream of European
supranationalism for some has turned into the nightmare of foreign economic diktat for others.
"How Supranational is
Supranationalism? National and European Socialization of Negotiators in the Council of Ministers," Acta Sociologica 33:4 (1998): 378-408.
If this should be done through
supranationalism or intergovernmentalism or a mixture of the two is another matter.
Hayes-Renshaw states that although the Council is the intergovernmental EU institution "par excellence", it is in reality "a unique mix between intergovernmentalism and
supranationalism" (20).
Lindseth, Democratic Legitimacy and the Administrative Character of
Supranationalism: The Example of the European Community, 99 COLUM.
For if many aspects of the Rome Treaty demonstrate the tenacity of traditional Westphalian notions of sovereignty, there are nonetheless elements of
supranationalism and efficacy in the Statute that could prove extremely powerful.
On the other hand, the Russophile forces in the postcommunist successor states are, as several authors point out, the purveyors of a Kremlin-oriented brand of "imperial"
supranationalism (Mykola Riabchuk's and Genadz Saganovich's essays).
Though wary of
supranationalism, de Gaulle was ready to give up some state powers to a larger European entity as long as that body's authority did not interfere with the sovereignty of the nation-state.