Vad är överstatlighet?

Abstract

What is supranationalism? In Sweden, there is a consensus that Swedish membership of substantial parts of the European Union (EU) entails cooperation that at least in parts implies supranationalism. Due to this consensus one may assume that there is also some sort of common understanding of the concept of supranationalism. However, while many researchers includes majority voting in their definition of supranationalism, this is rejected outright by others. As shown, both sides have a point and this article, therefore, suggests that three dimensions are noteworthy when it comes to supranationalism: a) when states have transferred the right to exercise public power to an organisation the states can not make decisions alone, b) the institution is autonomous and makes binding decisions, c) the decisions taken by the institution have effective precedence over national ones.