nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20221112-095615-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 221111s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20221112-095615-0 doi eng 342 23 Wegener, Bernhard Author aut Petrified Constitutions - US-American lessons for the European Union Wegener, Bernhard Verfassungsblog 2022-11-11 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The crisis of US democracy is also a constitutional crisis. Many provisions of the most time-honoured of all constitutions now appear to be outdated and in urgent need of reform. However, no substantial reform of the US constitution is to be expected. The US constitution makes its change dependent on excessively high hurdles. The historical US model, which shaped constitutional development in Europe like no other, should be a warning to the European Union in particular. Dangers of petrification can also be clearly seen in the EU constitutional order. CC BY-SA 4.0 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/petrified-constitutions/ raw object