Governing Europe under a Constitution
Publication year: 2006
ISBN: 978-3-540-31291-8
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At the summit in Laeken in December 2001 the European Council opened the debate on the reform of the supranational structures through its "Declaration on the Future of the European Union" and proposed a wide-ranging agenda. The European Convention, with the mandate of the European Council, has been forming proposals for a more democratic, transparent and efficient European Union and presented a draft of a Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe on 20th of June 2003. On these fundaments the Intergovernmental Conference finally came to a compromise in summer 2004 after wrestling especially with the problem of qualified majority voting within the Council. On 29th of October 2004 the Heads of State and Governments of the 25 Member States signed the Treaty.
Subject: Humanities, Social Science and Law / Constitutional Law / Constitutional Treaty / European Convention / European Convention on Human Rights / European Court of Justice / European Governance / European Integration / European Uni / European Union / European constitution
