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Mapping the 'Future of the EU' debate

Mad-Daqqa t’Għajn 20-06-2017

Although calls for reform of the EU have increased in recent years, in particular as a consequence of the various challenges the EU has faced, the UK's vote in June 2016 on its EU membership has accelerated this process. In this context, the main EU institutions have all contributed to the debate, while individual Member States or groups of Member States have also brought forward initiatives. The main positions are outlined in this 'at a glance' note.

It-Trattati ta’ Maastricht u ta’ Amsterdam

Skedi Informattivi dwar l-UE 01-04-2017

It-Trattat ta' Maastricht immodifika t-trattati Ewropej preċedenti u ħoloq Unjoni Ewropea bbażata fuq tliet pilastri: il-Komunitajiet Ewropej, il-Politika Estera u ta’ Sigurtà Komuni (PESK) u l-kooperazzjoni fl-oqsma tal-ġustizzja u l-affarijiet interni (ĠAI). Bil-ħsieb tat-tkabbir tal-Unjoni, it-Trattat ta’ Amsterdam introduċa l-bidliet meħtieġa biex jiġi assigurat funzjonament aktar effiċjenti u demokratiku tal-Unjoni.

This Study examines the functioning of EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) cooperation in light of the reforms and innovations introduced by the Lisbon Treaty since the end of 2009. It identifies the main challenges and deficits characterising the practical and effective implementation of these transformations and suggests specific ways for the European Parliament to address them. The Study recommends that that any future legislative reform or Treaty change should not promote or enable further differentiation ...

The Open Method of Coordination

Mad-Daqqa t’Għajn 19-10-2014

The EU response to the 2008 economic crisis, which has exposed the weaknesses of the EU economic governance of the time, has resulted in a debate on how to find a balance between intergovernmentalism and supranational actions within the EU framework, bringing into question further use of soft intergovernmental methods, such as the Open Method of Coordination (OMC). In addition to that, with social and education issues increasingly gaining attention in the EU, OMC, one of the governance instruments ...

Differentiated integration - where some Member States are not yet ready or are unwilling to participate in new developments – is a fact of today's European Union. Nonetheless, the route chosen by the Member States to move forward has a major impact both on the legal certainty around any new instruments and on their democratic oversight. Recent developments in the field of economic and monetary union illustrate very well the difficulties which arise.

Governance of the Schengen Area aims to find the balance between freedom of movement and the need for security, in the context of increasing globalisation. Within the European integration process, freedom of movement started with workers, as part of the establishment of a common market.

This compendium includes articles of a number of eminent experts invited by the Policy Department C to exchange with the Members of the Constitutional Affairs Committee of the European Parliament on the issues related to the challenges of the multi-tier governance in the EU. They aim at providing unique insights into the major questions of efficiency, effectiveness and legitimacy that the EU governance is currently facing. While dealing with the lessons from the past experiences of the differentiated ...

These two briefing papers mark the end of series of briefing papers supporting the meetings the Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (CRIS) held in January and February 2011. In preparation for the discussions on the Committee's draft final report these meetings dealt with key questions of the crisis. The first briefing deals with the different ways of decision-making in the area of European Economic Governance; where six proposals are currently under discussion while economic ...

This paper examines and analyses Common Agricultural Policy, The Common Fisheries Policy as well as the Cohesion and Structural Funds Policies, and looks at the future perspectives for the common intervention policies, including the possible effects of EU enlargement.