In this study, we analyse the manner of developing a particular system of coordination of European affairs at national level, as well as its efficiency, the aim being to provide suggestions for improving it. The introductory section highlights the need for such a study, given the current...

The study analyzes the European Union after the Lisbon Treaty and Romania’s place and part in this new European context. Specifically, we identify the changes the Treaty brings and the way in which the Romanian institutions and policies should thereat react. We also draw a picture of the state...

Although the literature referring to European integration has advanced a lot in the last decade, it remains difficult to achieve a concord regarding the causes and the future of the integration process. European integration would be usually associated with intense institutionalized forms of...

In this study, we analyse the manner of developing a particular system of coordination of European affairs at national level, as well as its efficiency, the aim being to provide suggestions for improving it. The introductory section highlights the need for such a study, given the current...

The Qualified Majority Voting (QMV) used by the Council of the European Union developed to a high degree of complexity from one modifying treaty to another, until the latest definition stipulated in the Treaty of Lisbon. This paper analyses this EU intra-institutional voting method using a...