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  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Section C) Regional integration processes
    Subsection 6.The European unification process
    Bonvicini Gianni (ed.)
    Democracy in the EU and the role of the European Parliament
    Ed. Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) , Rome , 2009
    Page 74
    How to make the process of European integration more legitimate is the question posed by this book. In other words, how to fill the political/institutional void left by the protracted ratification process of the Treaty of Lisbon and how to recreate a strong political linkage between voters and European institutions. In view of the upcoming 2009 EP elections, five institutes, the Istituto Affari Internazionali (coordinator, Rome), Centro Studi sul Federalismo (Turin), Institut für Europäische Politik (Berlin), Notre Europe (Paris) and the Federal Trust (London), in cooperation with Tepsa and EU-CONSENT, both networks of research centres in Europe, have joined to carry out a study on this crucial topic. The main aim of the initiative was not only to launch (once again) the proposal that European political parties nominate candidates for the post of President of the European Commission, but also to advocate that the European Parliament play a more crucial and central role, in terms of both exercising its power and undertaking inter-institutional dialogue.
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    Quaderni IAI - English Series n. 14 Authors: Roa Bastos Francisco, Bonvicini Gianni, Donnelly Brendan, Jopp Mathias, Matarazzo Raffaello, Mosconi Franco, Padoa-Schioppa Antonio, Padoa-Schioppa Tommaso, Tosato Gian Luigi
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