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Chapter 2 - An assessment of the present situation of the European Union

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

Jean-Claude Piris
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Summary

An assessment of the present situation shows that the European Union does not function well and that it is unable to solve its current fundamental problems.

Its political institutions suffer from weaknesses and deficiencies: this is the case for the Council, the Commission, the European Parliament (EP), as well as for the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR) and the European External Action Service (EEAS).

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The Future of Europe
Towards a Two-Speed EU?
 , pp. 20 - 52
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

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