European Affairs
Research Programme Institutional matters

Overview

The future of the EU  |  Multi-Speed Europe - Flexible Integration  |  Functioning of the European institutions

The future of the EU

Since the European Council of Laeken in 2001, the EU has committed itself to a constitutional process, which, through the Convention, has led to the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe.

Publications

• A quoi sert l'Union Européenne au 21ème siècle?, Philippe de Schoutheete, discours donné lors de la Conférence inaugurale des cours d’été du Mouvement européen basque. Saint Sébastien, 7 juillet 2008.
• Le processus constitutionnel après le Conseil Européen de juin, Philippe de Schoutheete, Intervention lors d’un colloque organisé par la commission constitutionnelle du Parlement Européen le 10 septembre 2007 à l’occasion du centième anniversaire de la naissance de Altiero Spinelli, 10 Sept. 2007.
• L’Europe des pères fondateurs à la Crise: Quel avenir ?, Philippe de Schoutheete, in Revue Générale, Août-Septembre 2007.
• Scenarios for escaping the constitutional impasse, Philippe de Schoutheete, in Europe's World, summer 2006.
• L'Avenir du Traité Constitutionnel, Philippe de Schoutheete, in Annales d'Etudes Européennes de l'UCL, Vol. 8, 2005-2006.
• The results of the Intergovernmental Conference. An Assessment in the Light of the Convention's Draft, Franklin Dehousse, Wouter Coussens, Jordi Garcia and Pierre Van Den Brule, 18 Aug. 2004.
• The Perils of a European Constitution, Franklin Dehousse and Wouter Coussens (Researcher), in A Constitution of the European Union. Basic Treaty, Sept. 2002. (Prepared in collaboration with the EPC (www.epc.eu) and the Collège européen Miguel Servet).

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Multi-Speed Europe - Flexible Integration

The idea and practice of a multi-speed Europe exists since a long time, but the debate on a more flexible Union has been intensified since the post-constitutional crisis. The key question is what could be the potential applications of flexibility in a Europe of 27, either on the basis of treaties, or in a system functioning outside the institutional framework.

Publications

• Flexible Integration: What could be the potential applications?, Franklin Dehousse and Wouter Coussens, in EPC Working Paper, n°9, Integrating Europe. Multiple speeds - One direction ?, April 2004.
• The hopes and limits of flexible integration in the future Europe, Franklin Dehousse and Wouter Coussens (eds.), in Studia Diplomatica, Vol. LVI, n°4, 2003.

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Functioning of the European Institutions

Publications

• Governance of the EU: The Reform Debate on European Agencies Reignited, Sami Andoura and Peter Timmerman, EPIN Working Paper, n°19, 14 Oct. 2008.
• Concurrence et différenciation des présidences : Les nouveaux défis institutionnels. intervention lors d’un colloque sur la présidence, à l’Institut d’Etudes européennes de l’Université Libre de Bruxelles, Philippe de Schoutheete, 29 April 2008.
• The legal personality of the European Union, Philippe de Schoutheete and Sami Andoura, in Studia Diplomatica, Vol. LX, n°1, 2007.
• The Evolution of Intergovernmental Cooperation in the European process, Philippe de Schoutheete, in Challenge Europe (Feb.2007), the online magazine of European Policy Center, 21 Nov. 2006.
• Debate on the European Council in the Convention, Philippe de Schoutheete, member of the Board of Directors of EGMONT, Former Belgian Permanent Representative and Special Adviser to the European Commission, Nov. 2003.
• Towards effective and accountable leadership of the Union: options and guidelines for reform, Wouter Coussens (Researcher) and Ben Crum (CEPS), Jan. 2003. The Executive summary: download.
• A paraître: Leadership in the EU.

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