The Future of the European Community: Two Models of Democracy
- 1 April 1986
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Government and Opposition
- Vol. 21 (2) , 161-176
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-7053.1986.tb01114.x
Abstract
THE CONFERENCE OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL AT LUXEMBOURG in December 1985 was a considerable disappointment to advocates of European Union. Instead, as was once hoped, of proposing wide-ranging amendments to the Treaty of Rome, the Council contented itself with a rag-bag of minor changes. For the time being, therefore, the prospect of any fundamental reform in the working of the European Community should probably be ruled out. Nevertheless, it is unlikely that the pressure for reform – fuelled as it is by a directly elected Parliament which feels itself excluded from the decision-making process in the Community – will disappear. The reformers will, no doubt, pause to regroup their forces so as to apply pressure more effectively when the issue returns once more to the agenda of European politics.Keywords
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