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Taking stock of the European Convention What added value does the Convention bring to the process of treaty revision?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Johannes Jarlebring

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According to Article 48 of the Treaty on the European Union (TEU), the founding treaties of the Union can only be amended through a three-step procedure. First, the Council calls an Intergovernmental Conference (IGC), after having consulted the European Parliament (EP) and the Commission. Second, within the framework of the IGC, representatives of the governments of the Member States negotiate and sign the amendments to the treaties by common accord. Third, the agreement is submitted to national ratification procedures. When all three steps are concluded, each Member State having ratified the amendments to the treaty, the changes enter into force.

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European & International Law
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German Law Journal , Volume 4 , Issue 8 , 01 August 2003 , pp. 785 - 799
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Copyright © 2003 by German Law Journal GbR 

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Jens-Peter, Bonde, Danish MEP (EDD) and member of the Convention, Lecture at European Parliament, Brussels, 24 March 2003 Google Scholar
Bernardo, Costa Pereira, Assistant to Andrew Duff (MEP for ELDR and member of the Convention), Interview at the European Parliament, Brussels, 5 March 2003 Google Scholar
Klaus, Hänsch, German MEP (ESP), former President of the European Parliament and member of the Convention's presidium, Interview at European Parliament, 18 March 2003 Google Scholar
Bobby, McDonagh, Personal Representative of the Irish Prime Minister in the Convention, Interview by telephone, 14 March 2003 Google Scholar
Jacques, Santer, former president of the Commission and personal representative of Luwemburg's Prime Minister in the Convention, Interview at European Parliament, Brussels, 3 April 2003.Google Scholar
Gisela, Stuart, MP, British (Labour) member of the Convention, Interview by letter, 19 March 2003 Google Scholar
European Commission, Standard Eurobarometer 44, March 1996 Google Scholar
European Commission, Standard Eurobarometer 57, October 2002 http://europa.eu.int/comm/public_opinion/archives/eb/eb57/eb57_en.htm Google Scholar
European Commission, Standard Eurobarometer 58, March 2003 http://europa.eu.int/comm/public_opinion/archives/eb/eb57/eb57_sweden.pdf Google Scholar
European Convention, “Note on working methods”, CONV 9/02Google Scholar
European University Institute, Reforming the Treaties’ Amendment Procedures, Second report on the reorganisation of the European Union Treaties, submitted to the European Commission on 31 July 2000 Google Scholar
A, Dahl Robert, Democracy and Its Critics, New Haven 1989 Google Scholar
Florence, Deloche-Gaudez, “La Convention pour l'élaboration de la Charte des droits fondamentaux : Une méthode “constituante”, in Une Constitution pour l'Europe, Dehousse Renaud (ed.), Presses de Sciences Po, 2002 Google Scholar
Desmond, Dinan, Treaty Change in the European Union : the Amsterdam experience, ed. Cram Laura et.al., Developments in the European Union, Houndmills, Macmillan 1999 Google Scholar
Mark, Gray, “Negotiating EU Treaties: The Case for a New Approach”, Rethinking the European Union, IGC 2000 and Beyond, ed. Best Edward et. al., European Institute of Public Administration, Maastricht, 2000Google Scholar
Mark, Gray, Alexander, Stubb, “Keynote Article: The Treaty of Nice – Negotiating a Poisoned Chalice?”, Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 39, Annual Review, September 2001 Google Scholar
Jan, Grünhage, “The 1996/1997 Intergovernmental Conference: a survey of the process”, in The European Union after the Treaty of Amsterdam, ed. Monar Jörg & Wessels Wolfgang, Continuum, 2001 Google Scholar
Lars, Hoffman, “The Convention of the Future of Europe – Thoughts on the Convention-model”, Jean Monnet Working Paper, 11/02, 2002 Google Scholar
Magnus, Johansson Karl, Förberedelser inför regeringskonferenser: framtidskonventet i sitt sammanhang, Sieps, 2003:3Google Scholar
Christopher, Lord, David, Beetham, Legitimacy and the EU, Longman, 1998 Google Scholar
Jean-Victor, Louis, “The European Union's Constitutional Muddle: which way forward?”, in The European Union after the Treaty of Amsterdam, ed. Monar Jörg & Wessels Wolfgang, Continuum, 2001.Google Scholar
Paul, Magnette, “Déliberation vs. négociation, Une première analyse de la Convention sur l'avenir de l'Europe”, paper presented at VIIe Congrès de lAssociation française de science politique, Lille 18 – 21 SeptemberGoogle Scholar
Bobby, McDonagh, Original Sin in a Brave New World – An account of the negotiations of the treaty of Amsterdam, Institute of European Affairs, Dublin, 1998 Google Scholar
Jürgen, Neyer, “Discourse and Order in the EU. A Deliberative Approach to European Governance”, EUI Working Papers, RSC, N° 2002/57Google Scholar
Scharpf Fritz W., Governing in Europe: effective and democratic, Oxford University Press, 1999 Google Scholar
Philippe, de Schoutheete, Helen, Wallace, “The European Council”, Notre Europe, Research and European Issues, N° 19, September 2002 Google Scholar
Jo, Shaw, “Process, Responsibility and Inclusion in EU Constitutionalism, The challenge for the Convention on the Future of the Union”, The Federal Trust for Education and Research, June 2002 Google Scholar
Bruno, de Witte, “International Agreement or European Constitution?”, Reforming the Treaty of European Union, Winter Jan A et. al., Kluwer Law International, 1996 Google Scholar
Bruno, de Witte, “The Closest Thing to a Constitutional Conversation in Europe: The Semi-Permanent Treaty Revision Process”, in Convergence and Divergence in European Public Law, ed. Beaumont Paul et. al. Hart Publishing, 2002 Google Scholar
Weiler J.H.H. “Legitimacy and Democracy of Union Governance”, The Politics of European Treaty Reform – the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference and Beyond, ed. Edwards Geoffrey & Pipers Alfred, Pinter, 1997 Google Scholar
EP's delegation to the Convention: http://www.europarl.eu.int/europe2004/index_en.htm Google Scholar
European Convention: http://european-convention.eu.int/bienvenue.asp?lang=EN Google Scholar