The Battle for Power in Europe: Will the Convention get it right? EPIN Working Paper No. 4, February 2003

Hughes, Kirsty. (2003) The Battle for Power in Europe: Will the Convention get it right? EPIN Working Paper No. 4, February 2003 .

Abstract

[From the Executive Summary]. As it enters the final phase of its work, the jury is still out as to how well – or whether – the Convention will answer the three big Laeken challenges: to bring the EU closer to the European public; to create an effective political structure and operation for the enlarged EU; and to give the EU a genuine global role. The Convention has made considerable achievements in its work already and has developed a strong, if complex, political dynamic. But it is the big institutional decisions which will impact most strongly on both efficiency and democracy in the enlarged EU. In foreign policy, the results so far have been weak and further progress will depend partly on institutional change but also, as ever, on the presence or absence of real political will. So far the Convention has also not been either successful or very active in engaging the wider public who remain in general unaware of the work of the Convention.

Item Type:	Working Paper
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Public Domain:	No
Refereed:	No
Status:	Published
Authors, Individual:	Hughes, Kirsty.
Title:	The Battle for Power in Europe: Will the Convention get it right? EPIN Working Paper No. 4, February 2003
Language:	English
Journals and Series:	Series > Centre for European Policy Studies (Brussels) > EPIN Working Papers
Pages:	23
Month:	February
Year:	2003
Subjects:	EU policies and themes > External relations > foreign/security policy 1993--(includes CFSP/CESDP/ESS) EU policies and themes > External relations > international relations-general/EU as international actor EU policies and themes > Treaty reform > enlargement EU policies and themes > Treaty reform > European Convention
ID Code:	1886
Deposited By:	Wilkin, Phil
Deposited On:	06 July 2004