Policy Paper 56
The European Council and the Community Method
As the European Council has become a European institution in the wake of the Lisbon Treaty, this Policy Paper by Philippe de Schoutheete looks back over its history and its competences exerted thanks to the crisis. It also looks at the role it could play in the future in the progressive construction of the government of Europe.
This Policy Paper by Philippe de Schoutheete is part of a series of works that Notre Europe has dedicated to the evolution of the European institutions in the wake of the Lisbon Treaty. It focuses in particular on the European Council, whose role has become so pivotal, that we can now refer not to a ‘triangle’ but rather to an ‘institutional trapezium’.
The second part reviews the changes introduced by this same Treaty with regard to the European Council, whose transformation into an institution is evidence of the importance that it has gained. The urgent matters that it has had to face have left it little time to define the priorities of EU activity, as set forth in the Treaty. But all throughout the crisis, the European Council has been the place where major decisions have been adopted.
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à l’asile et aux migrations

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Paris, 29 January 2019 – Find the taste of European adventure

Paris, 29 January 2019 – Find the taste of European adventure

Amiens, 16 January 2019 – “Amiens plus grand” in Europe

Brussels, 7 December 2018 – Pays de la Loire in Europe

26 November 2018 – Round-table on Europe

Lourdes, 5 November 2018 – Identity and democracy, the future of Europe

Tournai, 27 October 2018 – Europe, I love you, me neither

Paris, 13 October 2018 – Citizen consultation: Is the EU condemned to powerlessness?

Brussels, 11 October 2018 – State of Europe 2018

Paris, 10 October 2018 – What is Europe for? Myths and realities

Paris, 4 October 2018 – Enrico Letta presents his book “Faire l’Europe dans un monde de brutes”

Paris, 2 October 2018 – Towards A New Capitalism: Fostering Inclusiveness

Paris, 18 September 2018 – A bike against Nazi barbarity

Neuilly-sur-Seine, 31 August 2018 – What Europe could bring to education and what education could bring to Europe?

Paris, 25 July 2018 – Salient European issues for 2019-2024

Bruges, 12 July 2018 – Negotiating the Energy Union

Paris, 11 July 2018 – Citizen consultation : what is Europe purpose?

Bruges, 3 July 2018 – Negotiating the Energy Union

Paris, 13 June 2018 – Whither European integration – Addressing EU internal and external challenges

Strasbourg, 1st June 2018 – Europe on trial: Who’s to blame for the break-up?

Paris, 16 May 2018 – Which values is the European Union bearing?

Erasmus of Politics – Strasbourg cursus of the Académie Notre Europe trip to Rome

Sofia, 9 March 2018 – The future of the EU budget

Bordeaux, 25 January 2018 – 12th Franco-german dialogue

Paris, 12 February 2018 – Rebuilding Europe: what challenges?

Athens, 8 February 2018 – Athens’ days: Greece, paths for hope

Paris, 7 February 2018 – 59th Europartenaires Club

Paris, 7 February 2018 – Luncheon of the France-Italy Association

Paris, 2 February 2018 – How to deal with the populist phenomenon?

Brussels, 16 January 2018 – Europe’s challenges in 2018

Blois, 22 November 2017 – Where is Europe heading toward?

Rome, 27-29 October 2017 – (Re)thinking Europe

Boulogne-Billancourt, 2 October 2017 – A New World?

Madrid, 22 September 2017 – Relaunching the European Union: A moment for action

Alpbach, 28 August, 2017 – The EU on trial: 60 years of conflict and cooperation in Europe

Boulogne-Billancourt, 25 April 2017 – Europe: where do we go now?

Paris, 22 March 2017 – Where is Europe heading to?

Berlin, 21 March 2017 – More capability to act through flexibility?

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Paris, 9 February 2017 – The Future of the Union

Paris, 26 January 2017, Commons for Europe

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Rotterdam, 21 November 2016 – Unity and efficiency

Paris, 24 October 2016 – Tribute to Emile Noël, Yesterday and today’s Europe

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