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Uniunea Europeană sub paladiul Tratatului de la Lisabona
European Union under the palladium of the Lisbon Treaty

Author(s): Oana Albescu
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Fundaţia »Societatea Civilă« (FSC)
Keywords: Lisbon Treaty; European Parliament; decision making process; legislative procedure; codecision; democratic deficit; institutional triangle

Summary/Abstract: Lisbon Treaty enriches the panoply of the European Union’s treaties, being the recent product of the common European effort for integration. After reiterating the main postulates of the Treaty, which consolidates European Union’s democracy, the author considers timely to bring into discussion the evolution of the European Union’s decision making process, for better highlight the importance of the codecision procedure, as described in the Lisbon Treaty, and its consequences for the European Parliam

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 147
  • Page Range: 35-40
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian