MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE AND SOVEREIGNTY LOSS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EUROPEAN TREATIES

THE EUROPEAN GOVERNANCE IS AN EXTREMELY COMPLEX TYPE OF LEADERSHIP, WHICH INVOLVES MANY TYPES OF ACTORS AND LEVELS OF ACTION WITHIN A PROCESS THAT SIGNIFIES EVERYTHING RELATED TO THE ORGANIZATION OF POLITCIES. THE MAIN LEVELS OF ACTION ARE: THE SUPRANATIONAL LEVEL, THE NATIONAL LEVEL, THE REGIONAL LEVEL, THE LOCAL LEVEL. THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF MULTI -LEVEL GOVERNANCE, WHICH FORM ITS SPHERE AND OFFER IT A M EANING, ARE: THE LACK OF HIERARCHY WITHIN THE INSTITUTIONAL ARCHITECTURE AND WITHIN THE DECISION -MAKIG PROCESS AND THE DYNAMIC DISPERSION OF AUTHORITY. TWO MAIN APPROACHES RELATED TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NATION -STATE IN THE EQUATION OF MULTI - LEVEL GOVERNANCE DOMINATE: THE STRATEGIC -RELATIONAL APPROACH AND THE STATE CENTRIC APPROACH. THE TRANSFORMATION OF SOVEREIGNTY IS UNDERLINED IN RELATION TO THE EFFECTS THAT THE MAIN EUROPEAN TREATIES HAVE PRODUCED FOR THE EUROPEAN STATES AND ALSO IN RELATION TO MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE. THE PRESENT ARTICLE HAS THE PURPOSE TO PRESENT MULTI -LEVEL GOVERNANCE, TO REVEAL ITS MECHANISMS AND STRUCTURES. ALSO, THE ARTICLE FOCUSES ON THE SOVEREIGTY TRANSFER. A LINK BETWEEN MULTI -LEVEL GOVERNANCE, EUROPEAN TREATIES AND SOVEREIGNTY LOSS IS BEING ESTABLISHED AND THE ACCENT FALLS ON A PROGRESSIVE SOVEREIGNTY TRANSFER FROM THE EUROPEAN STATES TO THE EUROPEAN UNION.

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