5. The Charter as a Part of the Res publica of the EU 5.1 Rights Protection and Democracy The Charter may at first glance seem not to fit into a strategy of democratization of the EU. After all, bills of rights are meant to...
Read More(1) Change and Tradition in Europe We start in 1789 and ended with 2009, precisely two hundred and twenty years later. Like all dates and periods in history, these are somewhat arbitrary but these two years, 1789 and 2009 , mark...
Read MoreScenarios Different countries could abandon the euro for different reasons. One can imagine a country like Portugal, suffering from high labor costs and chronic slow growth, reintroducing the escudo in an effort to engineer a...
Read MoreÀ LA CARTE EUROPE Is a term related to concepts of differentiated integration. Basically it suggests that European Union (EU) Member States should be able to pick and choose which programmes and policies they wish to adopt and...
Read MoreRelaunch of European integration The early 1980s witnessed a new attitude of Member States towards the Community. The unexpected emergence of enthusiasm, optimism and commitment to European integration, and a political will...
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