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The European Community, the Rule of Law and Representative Government: The Significance of the Intergovernmental Conferences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2014

John Pinder
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THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCES ON ECONOMIC and monetary union and on political union will have consequences for economic efficiency and for political power within the European Community. Both will be important for the future of Europe. But the focus of this article is somewhat different: the implications for the rule of law and representative government. Only somewhat different, because the rule of law and representative government provide the most secure framework for economic efficiency and political power. But more significant, because they not only provide that framework but also embody fundamental political values.

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Government and Opposition , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , 01 April 1991 , pp. 199 - 214
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Copyright © Government and Opposition Ltd 1991

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