“Acts” and “laws” of the European Union: a step towards the federalisation of the EU?

Several years ago, the European Union started using short titles of regulations and directives more frequently and including the terms “Act” or “Law” in the short titles. The author of the article focuses on two issues. First, she seeks to answer the question what the motive is for the EU to call certain pieces of secondary legislation “Act” and “Law”. Whether the European Union tends to “federalise” without revision of the Treaties. Second, it has been almost 20 years since the Constitutional Treaty was refused. Thus, it might be the right time for amending the founding Treaties, and generally introducing “Acts” or “Laws” instead of “regulations” and “directives”.