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After the Conference on the Future of Europe: time to make reforms happen; four lessons for a European Union again requiring a new balance between deepening and widening
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Abstract The debate over major reforms of the European Union is heating up. Now that the one-year Conference on the Future of Europe has concluded, the European Parliament has proposed a convention and treaty amendments. But many national governments would still prefer to develop the European Union within th... view more
The debate over major reforms of the European Union is heating up. Now that the one-year Conference on the Future of Europe has concluded, the European Parliament has proposed a convention and treaty amendments. But many national governments would still prefer to develop the European Union within the framework of the existing treaties. Closer examination of the Conference's outcomes reveals a more complex picture: citizens who expect the Union to lead the great transformation projects, who demand greater transparency, and who see treaty amendments as a means to strengthen the EU. Although the Conference failed to bring supporters and opponents of treaty amendments any closer together, the newly revived debate about deepening and widening has the potential to do so. (author's abstract)... view less
Classification
European Politics
Free Keywords
Europäische Union; Europäisches Parlament; Konferenz/Tagung; Reformvorschlag; Entwicklungsperspektive und -tendenz; Entwicklung internationalen Akteurs; Funktionen internationaler Akteure; Gemeinsame Politik internationaler Akteure; Umbildung internationalen Akteurs; Verhältnis Gesellschaft - Staat; Verhältnis Bürger - Staat; Erweiterung von und Beitritt zu internationalem Akteur
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
7 p.
Series
SWP Comment, 49/2022
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18449/2022C49
ISSN
2747-5107
Status
Published Version; reviewed
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Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications