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E-Artikel
Titel:
The Commission’s initiative on the passerelle clauses – Exploring the unused potential of the Lisbon Treaty
Beteiligte:
Böttner, Robert
Erschienen:
Nomos Verlag, 2020
Erschienen in:Zeitschrift für europarechtliche Studien
Sprache:
Nicht zu entscheiden
DOI:
10.5771/1435-439x-2020-3-489
ISSN:
1435-439X
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Beschreibung:
<p>The Treaty of Lisbon introduced general and special passerelle or bridging clauses into primary law. They can be used to alter voting arrangements from unanimity to qualified majority in the Council or from a special to the ordinary legislative procedure. This is to enable a shift to more supranational decision-making without the need for a full-fledged treaty revision. The European Parliament called on the European Council and the Council to make use of the passerelle clauses, also to involve Parliament as a co-legislator under the ordinary legislative procedure. The former Commission had started a discussion on the use of the passerelle clauses in four policy areas and it appears that the incumbent Commission President has endorsed this ambitious project. This article aims to explore the potential and the shortcomings of the bridging clauses as part of the unused potential of the Lisbon Treaty and discusses the enhanced cooperation procedure as a possible alternative. </p>