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Article: OPEN FORUM : THE LISBON TREATY: SIMPLIFICATION OR INSTITUTIONAL CHAOS?(European Union. European Council)
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- European Report
- Article date:
- March 17, 2008
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The Lisbon Treaty is an unfinished text, comprising serious omissions and revealing deep divides between the member states. Even worse, it places a big question mark over the separation of powers between the European Commission, independent by nature, and the Council of Ministers.
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