Abstract
After the World War II, federalism exerted a significant impact on the European integration progress. One of the most significant federalists, Altiero Spinelli, has given strongly impacts on the processing of European integration after the World War II. In his idea, the federalism is a theory for political integration, which advocates integration by drawing up a federal constitution to build a supranational framework and in order to keep national or regional peace and stability. This Article shows Altiero Spinelli as a significant federalist pushing the European to be a unity and his major contributes in the process of European Union integration and where it was successful, when it faded during the few developed decades.
Key words: Federalism, European integration, Altiero Spinelli, Constitutionalism
1. Introduction of federalism
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