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"The Founding Treaties of the European Union and Their Reform" published on by Oxford University Press.

Este artículo plantea una serie de interrogantes sobre la actual situación de la integración europea. Estudia la ampliación de los miembros de la UE y su alcance funcional, y lo asocia con los esfuerzos por incrementar la capacidad institucional de la UE. Tras de la ampliación con los países del Este en 2004 y 2007, y la adopción del Tratado de Lisboa (2007) que entró en vigor en 2009, es hora de preguntarse dónde estamos y dónde deberíamos estar. Un tema crucial es la crisis de la zona euro. ¿Nos va a aportar la actual improvisación las suficientes medidas para sacarnos de la crisis? ¿hay suficiente pensamiento estratégico y liderazgo en la UE? El liderazgo alemán centrado en la austeridad parece algo desubicado. La propuesta para más Europa en forma de unión política, fiscal y bancaria parece ahora el camino a seguir. Pero ¿cuántos estados de la UE y de la zona euro serán capaces de moverse en esa dirección? En el futuro podríamos tener más integración diferenciada o geometría variable. ; This article asks a number of questions about the current stage of European integration. It traces past expansion of functional scope and membership of the EU and links these changes with efforts to increase the institutional capacity of the EU. After the big eastern enlargements in 2004 and 2007 and the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty in 2007 and its entry into force in 2009 it is time to ask: where are we and where may we be going? A central issue is the eurozone crisis. Will the current muddling through add up to enough measures to pull us out of the crisis? Is there enough strategic thinking and leadership in the EU? German leadership with focus on austerity seems somewhat misplaced. Proposals for ¿more Europe¿ in the form of banking, fiscal and political union, now appears to be the way forward. But how many member states of the EU ¿and eurozone¿ will be able to move in that direction? It looks as we may have more differentiated integration or ¿variable geometry¿ in the future.

Résumé Cet article analyse la formation du traité de Lisbonne, en y considérant le rôle des États membres et les présidences allemande et portugaise. Ensuite, il identifie les choix institutionnels les plus importants du traité et comment ces changements peuvent affecter les politiques majeures de l'Union. Enfin, l'auteur cherche à évaluer les changements. Même s'ils ne sont pas révolutionnaires, ces changements devraient contribuer à créer une union plus efficace et légitime. Une limitation importante du traité tient à ce que la politique étrangère et de sécurité reste intergouvernementale, malgré l'abolition formelle de la structure des piliers.

European Union enlargement has long been an issue of concern. Article O of the Maastricht Treaty dealt with enlargement, while the Amsterdam Treaty supports the power of the European Parliament to accept or deny membership. The Europe Agreements have proven central to the application of Central & Eastern European Countries (CEEC), as has the establishment of institutions that facilitate bilateral meetings between individual CEEC countries & the EU. Agenda 2000 (published in July 1997) & the Luxembourg Summit preceded the formal beginning (Mar 1998) of the accession process. During this process, the applications of the five front-runners plus Cyprus entered the negotiation phase. Though a country may meet all the requirements for EU membership, the Copenhagen criteria require that the EU be able to "absorb" the new member. Therefore, while the EU is currently being pressured to enlarge toward Eastern Europe, the enlargement process continues to be constrained by restrictive membership rules. K. A. Larsen

European Union (EU) states increasingly deal with international interdependence through international policy coordination & integration. Joint decision making can be one way to deal with the negative externalities of interdependence. The question is whether European integration, an example of deep integration, has lessons for other integration schemes. Such lessons, if they exist, could help policymakers in other parts of the world plan their efforts better & perhaps avoid some mistakes. Many scholars believe that European integration is sui generis, but it is contended here that lessons can be learned & integration efforts in different parts of the world compared. 23 References. Adapted from the source document.