Observatory on Institutional Change and Reforms
The Observatory on Institutional Change and Reforms is devoted to the analysis of institutional reforms and adaptations in the current institutional design of the EU, particularly ones that are more likely to foster democratic accountability and an increased popular acceptance of the Union.
Structure
The Observatory is co-directed by Bruno de Witte (Maastricht University and EUI) and Adrienne Héritier (EUI).
Changing Rules of Delegation: a Contest for Power in Comitology
Book discussion on Changing Rules of Delegation: a Contest for Power in Comitology by Adrienne Héritier, Catherine Moury, Carina Bischoff and Carl- Fredrik Bergström, Oxford University Press, forthcoming, with the authors and the practitioners Antoine Buchet from the European Commission and Katrin Huber from the European Parliament secretariat.
The discussion will take place in Villa Malafrasca, EUI on 20 January 2012, 11.00 a.m.
To register to the event please contact Francesca Elia .
NEW Publications
DE WITTE Bruno (2011), The European Treaty Amendment for the Creation of a Financial Stability Mechanism , Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies, European Policy Analysis, 2011:6.
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HÉRITIER Adrienne and Martin RHODES (eds.), New Modes of Governance in Europe: Governing in the Shadow of Hierarchy , Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
Based on the research of the EU-6th framework funded research consortium on ‘New Modes of Governance in the European Union’, this volume explores the roots, execution and applications of new forms of governance and evaluates their success.
EUDO Report on the institutional changes in the Lisbon Treaty relevant to democratic legitimation
JUAN MAYORAL, Democratic Improvements in the European Union under the Lisbon Treaty , Florence: RSCAS/EUI
The report describes the institutional changes of the Lisbon Treaty designed to improve the democratic government of the EU. The study analyzes, on the one side, how these changes affect the role of institutions such as the European Parliament, the European Commission, the Council of the European Union and the National Parliaments and, on the other, if and how they are likely to increase the participation of the European civil society, in order to improve the democratic legitimacy of the EU.