National Parliaments and their Role in European Integration: The EU’s Democratic Deficit in Times of Economic Hardship and Political Insecurity. Bruges Political Research Paper 28/2013 [PDF]
, 2013 The article describes and assesses the role of national parliaments in EU legislation considering the reforms introduced by the Lisbon Treaty. This is closely connected with the understanding and (political) application of the principle of subsidiarity ...
Gstrein, Oskar, Zalewska, Marta
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The Lisbon Treaty: A Brief Outline [PDF]
, 2007 The story of the Lisbon Treaty cannot be told--nor can a brief outline thereof be sketched--without going back to the Constitutional Treaty, which represents the background to the Lisbon Treaty and against which the Lisbon Treaty ought to be assessed ...
Maganza, Giorgio
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The Ever-Changing Union: An Introduction to the History, Institutions and Decision-making Processes of the European Union. 2nd Revised Edition. CEPS Paperbacks. April 2011 [PDF]
, 2011 This fully revised, second edition of the Ever-Changing Union provides a concise overview of the EU’s history, institutional structures and decision-making processes.
Egenhofer, Christian +3 more
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What direction for the European Council? Institutional reforms and counter-reforms in EU
Sfera Politicii, 2012 The aim of this paper is to analyse the political and institutional impact of the juridical consecration of the European Council that official institution of European Union by the Lisbon Treaty. Until 1 December 2009, the European Council was a political
Gheorghe Ciascai
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Prospects after the voting reform of the Lisbon Treaty [PDF]
The European Union used to make decisions by unanimity or near unanimity. After a series of extensions, with 27 member states the present decision making mechanisms have become very slow and assigned power to the members in an arbitrary way.
László Á. Kóczy
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The Deputisation of the High Representative/Vice-President of the Commission: making the impossible job work. EU Diplomacy Paper 02/2012, February 2012 [PDF]
, 2012 By combining the post of the High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy with that of the External Relations Commissioner, the Treaty of Lisbon created the position of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security ...
Schmid, Martin
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, 2010 The entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty brings a number of institutional innovations. Among these, the Treaty includes a number of modalities of differentiated integration which did already exist (such as enhanced cooperation or opt-outs) and it adds ...
Closa Montero, Carlos
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On the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights [PDF]
After a short presentation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and its features, the paper is focused on the European Union?s accession to the European Convention of Human Rights.
Aurora CIUCÃ
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The reinforcement of fundamental rights in the Lisbon Treaty
The Lisbon Treaty entails many changes in its new legal basis, which in one way or another reinforce the protection of fundamental rights within the European Union (EU). Indeed, today all Constitutions of Member states of the European Union classify such
Blasi Casagran, Cristina
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A quiet revolution : the Common commercial policy six years after the Treaty of Lisbon
, 2017 The common commercial policy (CCP) has often been hailed as the most supranational, and the most successful, of the EU’s external policies, through which it demonstrates real weight and influence in the world.
CREMONA, Marise
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