Word: weiler
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Weiler said that more changes came during the second period, from the early '70s until the mid '80s. During this time, more states accepted the notion that the community's powers extend beyond those spelled out in the original charter. As a result, he said, authority was slowly transferred from the states to the community...
...single most important constitutional development was the total collapse of idea of enumerated powers," Weiler said. "In the '70s constitutional guarantees of limitation on competencies of community disappeared into thin...
Finally, during the third period, from the mid '80s until now, the community has abandoned its reliance on consensus for decision-making, Weiler said. Instead, he said, the states have increasingly accepted majority rule, strengthening the community's power over states that disagree with particular policies...
...Weiler said that while increasing central power will bring "new dynamism to economic and monetary union," it will also bring trouble...
...Weiler predicted that courts in the member nations would challenge the community's central authority. And he said more European unity will mean more ideological clashes, especially since European nationalism is on the rise...