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DEVELOPING A CONSTITUTION FOR A LIBERAL EUROPEAN UNION
Author(s) -
Herbert George
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2008.00805.x
Subject(s) - centralisation , treaty , status quo , constitution , power (physics) , political science , european union , unanimity , law and economics , public administration , law , political economy , economics , international trade , physics , quantum mechanics
In many ways the EU Reform Treaty represents an advance over the status quo: it streamlines decision‐making and makes institutions more accountable. However, the Treaty ignores opportunities for important institutional reforms and is unlikely to provide strong constraints on institutional power or halt centralisation.