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Sile de Valera, a former member of the Irish Parliament, Irish Cabinet, and the European Parliament, was a Spring 2008 IOP Fellow...
...membership of the Union so the time has come to further review its political and administrative mechanisms. There has been an attempt over the last few years to address the functioning of the institutions. There was an agreement of member governments during the Irish Presidency of Europe on a European Constitution but this failed when it was turned down in a referendum in both The Netherlands and France. Now the campaign is on to have what is termed the Reform Treaty or Lisbon Treaty accepted. The real debate on this treaty, which deals with the need for strengthening and reforming...
...operation through mutual respect has been the ingredient that has made progress in Europe possible. The pooling of each member state’s sovereignty has enabled the setting up of institutions which have served the needs of the Union well. This year the European Parliament celebrates its fiftieth Anniversary. It currently has 785 members representing almost 500 million citizens. It is in this forum that the citizens of Europe directly express their views and perspectives on issues directly affecting them. Over the years the European Institutions have evolved to meet the needs of Enlargement...
...believe that it is essential that the Lisbon Treaty is ratified so that the European institutions become more streamlined and effective in the running of Europe. The changes which are being advocated in this treaty will lead in my opinion to the further democratization of Europe. I do not share the belief, however, that if Ireland should by way of referendum decide not to vote in favour of the treaty, thereby being the only country in the Union not to accept the treaty, that this is the end of the European experiment. If this should happen I forecast delay, deliberation...
...evolution of the European ideal has been one of slow incremental change. This has been a necessary approach in respecting diversity while at the same time maintaining a set of agreed principles to deal with the issues of the day. As Schuman himself said, “Europe will not be made at once, or according to a single plan. It will be built through concrete achievements?...