The Lisbon Treaty: an obstacle to resolving crises
July 4, 2018
The changes made by the Treaty of Lisbon (making the European Council a proper institution, appointing a permanent EU president) and related practices (electing the Commission President via Spitzencandidaten, systematic use of trilogues at first reading) have reduced the European Union to a big bureaucratic body led by a Commission that takes refuge in low-level… » read more
Posted by Daniel Gueguen
, Comitology, European Institutions, Lisbon treaty, Secondary legislation |