La réforme actuelle des institutions européennes et ses perspectives

Exposé Politique & international Questions européennes

Date de publication :

06/02/2009

Langue :

Anglais

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4 pages

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grand public

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The EU institutional framework is still undermined by three major weaknesses that arouse criticisms but suggest possible areas of improvement for an institutional reform
1. The efficiency problem
2. The legitimacy crisis
3. The lack of unity
An overview of the recent attempts to reform the EU institutions
1. Purposes of the most recent attempts to reform the EU institutions
2. The overhaul proposed by the Lisbon Treaty to stamp out the three major weaknesses
3. Perspectives for the reform now the Treaty has been rejected by Ireland

Résumé :

To modernize the economy of the euro zone, to fight against climate change, to efficiently manage migrations flows, to reduce poverty and, so to say, to tackle the most serious contemporary issues and herald on the international scene the values of justice, freedom and security that have so far guided the European development, the European Union is currently needy for an in-depth reform of its institutions. Indeed, in the history of EU, the enlargement waves have always preceded the institutional changes necessary to allow efficient decision-making processes in the context of an enlarged community ; in other words, enlargement has often been perceived as a step further that would leave EU institutions with no choice but to deepen the integration of the member states.

And so, after 10 new member states joined the EU in 2004, the EU tried to reach an agreement on the content of an institutional reform that had become necessary because of the growing difficulties to speak with one voice and make decisions at 25 with an institutional framework designed for 15. The result was the project of a European constitution that France and the Netherlands turned down in 2005. From then on, the EU has been going through a new kind of crisis: for the first time in its history, it struggles very seriously to reform its institutions even though the need for an institutional makeover is more pressing than ever. It has been made clear in the last 3 years - and that was not a surprise to everybody - that the process of deepening does not to automatically follow an enlargement wave.
As a result, the EU is said to go through a triple crisis, of efficiency, legitimacy and unity.

What kind of institutional reforms could the EU carry out? How could such reforms be agreed upon, and in which way would it concretely help resolve the challenges and problems the EU is currently facing?