The Role of Actors in EU Treaty Reform

2009 ◽  
pp. 83-119
Author(s):  
Thomas Christiansen ◽  
Christine Reh
Keyword(s):  
Treaty Reform ◽  
Eu Treaty Reform

scholarly journals Germany’s Stance on the EU Treaty Reform in the Years 2005–2009

2019 ◽  
pp. 41-71
Author(s):  
Janusz Józef Węc
Keyword(s):  
Treaty Reform ◽  
Eu Treaty Reform ◽  
The Eu

Celem badawczym pracy jest rekonstrukcja wpływu Niemiec na reformę ustrojową Unii Europejskiej dokonaną w traktacie lizbońskim z 13 grudnia 2007 r. Autor formułuje hipotezę badawczą, że traktat lizboński znacząco wzmocnił pozycję Niemiec w Unii. Ograniczenie prawa weta państw członkowskich oraz radykalne wzmocnienie metody wspólnotowej w Unii dokonane w tym traktacie zamiast jeszcze bardziej związać Niemcy z UE, stworzyły potencjalne przesłanki nawet do ich dominacji w Unii.

Patterns of Structure in EU Treaty Reform

2009 ◽  
pp. 120-144
Author(s):  
Thomas Christiansen ◽  
Christine Reh
Keyword(s):  
Treaty Reform ◽  
Eu Treaty Reform

scholarly journals The Lisbon Treaty and the Accession of Turkey to the European Union

2017 ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Luísa Verdelho Alves
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Adverse Outcome ◽  
Lisbon Treaty ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Integration ◽  
Current Member ◽  
Treaty Reform ◽  
Eu Treaty Reform ◽  
The Eu

On December 13, 2007, the Member States of the European Union (EU) signed in Lisbon a treaty amending the founding Treaties of the EU. After a troubled ratification process, due to the adverse outcome of a national referendum in Ireland, the Lisbon Treaty finally entered into force on December 1, 2009, defining a new trajectory for the EU integration process. The present article addresses the possible implications of the recent EU treaty reform to the accession of Turkey to the EU. To that end, I propose an analysis of the modifications introduced in the institutional framework of the Union and I inquire whether the legal change at this level is capable of influencing the attitude of the current Member States concerning the accession of Turkey to the EU.

Legal Acts and the Challenges of Democratic Accountability

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deirdre Curtin
Keyword(s):  
European Parliament ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Democratic Legitimacy ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Democratic Accountability ◽  
Informal Practices ◽  
Treaty Reform ◽  
Rule Making ◽  
The Eu

Increasing the role of the European Parliament in legislative and executive rule-making was a key objective of the Lisbon Treaty reformers in their endeavours to enhance the democratic legitimacy of the EU. Yet, the Lisbon reform leaves much room for improvement with respect to accountability in the new system of legal acts. The analysis reveals the wide discrepancy between the formal rules and informal practices of the institutions post-Lisbon, giving rise to further accountability concerns. The main problems are the inadequacy of democratic checks over the Council, limited resources and powers of the European Parliament, increased reliance on trilogues at the expense of open dialogue and deliberation, and insufficient public access to institutions’ documents. In conclusion, it is suggested that even in the absence of formal Treaty reform, values such as publicity and participation could be crucial normative standards to be included in the further design of EU decision-making procedures.

Negotiating Treaty Reform in the European Union: The Role of the European Commission

1998 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 435-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Maastricht Treaty ◽  
Technical Expertise ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Political Union ◽  
Close Cooperation ◽  
Treaty Reform ◽  
The Impact ◽  
High Politics

AbstractIn this article we seek to show that treaty reform is best seen as a process, and that we are witnessing a process of constitutionalization. We challenge the distinction between day-to-day politics and the high politics of treaty reform, demonstrating that high politics approaches are unable to take the significant role of non-governmental actors into consideration. While the European Commission's impact on the Maastricht Treaty was fairly limited, particularly concerning Political Union issues, we conclude that the Commission's impact on the Amstrerdam Treaty has been considerable. In fact, such an impact is not surprising given the Commission's technical expertise and its close cooperation with both the Council Secretariat and the Presidency of the Council. It is only if the impact of non-governmental actors, such as the Commission (and the Council Secretariat), is assumed to be negligible and therefore left unexamined that our findings are surprising. In this way, the article contributes to criticism of intergovernmental approaches to European integration.

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