Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of boxes
- Series editors' preface
- Acknowledgments
- Table of cases
- List of annexes
- Introduction
- 1 Is The constitution for Europe ‘dead and buried’?
- 2 The process that led to the Constitution
- 3 Changes in structures and procedures
- 4 Changes in the institutions
- 5 Changes in substance
- 6 General Assessment
- Conclusion what will the final form of the union be?
- List of annexes
- Laeken Declaration on the Future of theEuropean Union
- Existing legal bases switched to ordinary legislative procedure (codecision)
- Existing legal bases switched to qualified majority voting in the Council
- New legal bases
- Existing legal bases where unanimity, common accord or consensus will continue to apply
- Table of equivalences between the provisions of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe and the provisions of the EU and EC Treaties
- List of ‘passerelles’ and provisions on a simplified revision procedure
- Table of references
- Index
Laeken Declaration on the Future of the European Union
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of boxes
- Series editors' preface
- Acknowledgments
- Table of cases
- List of annexes
- Introduction
- 1 Is The constitution for Europe ‘dead and buried’?
- 2 The process that led to the Constitution
- 3 Changes in structures and procedures
- 4 Changes in the institutions
- 5 Changes in substance
- 6 General Assessment
- Conclusion what will the final form of the union be?
- List of annexes
- Laeken Declaration on the Future of theEuropean Union
- Existing legal bases switched to ordinary legislative procedure (codecision)
- Existing legal bases switched to qualified majority voting in the Council
- New legal bases
- Existing legal bases where unanimity, common accord or consensus will continue to apply
- Table of equivalences between the provisions of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe and the provisions of the EU and EC Treaties
- List of ‘passerelles’ and provisions on a simplified revision procedure
- Table of references
- Index
Summary
Europe at a crossroads
For centuries, peoples and states have taken up arms and waged war to win control of the European continent. The debilitating effects of two bloody wars and the weakening of Europe's position in the world brought a growing realisation that only peace and concerted action could make the dream of a strong, unified Europe come true. In order to banish once and for all the demons of the past, a start was made with a coal and steel community. Other economic activities, such as agriculture, were subsequently added in. A genuine single market was eventually established for goods, persons, services and capital, and a single currency was added in 1999. On 1 January 2002 the euro is to become a day-to-day reality for 300 million European citizens.
The European Union has thus gradually come into being. In the beginning, it was more of an economic and technical collaboration. Twenty years ago, with the first direct elections to the European Parliament, the Community's democratic legitimacy, which until then had lain with the Council alone, was considerably strengthened. Over the last ten years, construction of a political union has begun and cooperation been established on social policy, employment, asylum, immigration, police, justice, foreign policy and a common security and defence policy.
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- The Constitution for EuropeA Legal Analysis, pp. 198 - 206Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006