%0 Journal Article %T A crise e a governa£¿£¿o democr¨¢tica do euro: quest£¿es legais e pol¨ªticas de uma crise or£¿amental %A Maduro %A Miguel Poiares %J Rela£¿£¿es Internacionais (R:I) %D 2012 %I Universidade Nova de Lisboa %X in its first part, the article provides the historical context for the adop-tion of the treaty on stability. acknowledging the political irrevers-ibility of its endorsement, it assesses the problems posed by a number of its clauses, namely in juridical interpreta-tion. in the second half, an evaluation is carried out of the political inability the eu has shown in overcoming the eurozone crisis. to this purpose, a series of measures are pointed out that have been identified as feasible ways of ensuring the democratic legitimacy of a future economic governance of the euro. %K european treaties %K demo-cratic governance %K eurozone crisis %K fiscal discipline. %U http://www.scielo.gpeari.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1645-91992012000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en