May 23, 2002
From the desk of Mindles H. Dreck:The Committee on Committees
Valery Giscard D'estaing will present the creation of six working groups to study the EU's lack of efficiency:
Hmm. That "powers of the union don't match the citizens' expectations" could be a thorny one. Better hold Monday as well. Posted by Mindles H. Dreck at May 23, 2002 4:46 PM | Technorati inbound links
The Convention on the future of the EU will on Thursday and Friday analyse the efficiency and legitimacy of the European Union and the way the EU is carrying out its missions. The debate on future reforms will thus enter the core of the political debate, to address claims that the EU has a tendency to legislate either in areas in which is not competent or in a too detailed manner........First, the lack of clarity, as certain provisions are complex and impenetrable, then the lack of precision of certain provisions of the Treaty, as some Treaty articles allow the Union to act beyond its confined area as they fail to set precise boundaries, thirdly the failure to comply with the principle of subsidiarity and proportionality, as they are not always applied by the legislator and a new procedure over observance of those principles is necessary.
The forth (sic)problem identified by the presidium’s paper is that, in some cases, the powers of the Union do not match the citizens’ expectations, and finally there is insufficient monitoring to ensure the respect for the delimitation of competences. A related question is whether the monitoring should be political or judicial, and how should compliance with the delimitation of competences be strengthened.