To What Extent Is EU Policy Processes Efficient in the European Union?
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EU European Union, hybrid model, political balance, globalization, EMU Economic and Monetary Union, community policies, CAP Common Agricultural Policy, public policy, governance, economy
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The hybrid governance model of the European Union has been the subject of profound questioning since the 2010-2011 debt crisis. This crisis has crystallized the dysfunctions of the area: the difficulties in Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and, to a lesser extent, the whole area, have revealed deep economic divergences between member states, as well as the inadequacy of the governance mechanisms provided for in the Treaties, which are unable to stop the effects of contagion (OECD, 2012). More generally, it highlighted the deep gap between the economic union and the monetary union, with the unfinished nature of the former emerging behind the apparent uniformity of the latter.
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[...] However, this collective interest may be to the detriment of a state's interest (Stiglitz, 2014). This problem is also found in the economic and/or fiscal dumping of certain states such as Ireland or Germany which demonstrates the difficulty in the decision-making process of European policies between the common interest at European level and the sovereign interest at national level (Sébastien, Perrot, and Philippon, 2019). B. Democratic deficit in the EU While the EEC initially paid little attention to democratic rules, which are considered to be exclusively the responsibility of the Member States, the Treaty on European Union, in particular Articles 10 and 11, aims to make the European Union an example of democracy. [...]
[...] To What Extent Is EU Policy Processes Efficient in the European Union? Policy processes in the EU In an article published on 19 July 2015 in the Journal du Dimanche, French President François HOLLANDE expressed his wish to take up Jacques Delors' idea of the eurozone government and add a specific budget and a parliament to ensure democratic control. The idea came from a report published in April 1989 by the Committee for the Study of Economic and Monetary Union, chaired by Jacques DELORS, then President of the European Commission. [...]
[...] The emergence of new institutions at European level has led to a significant legislative and executive movement. In order to articulate a coherent policy, the European Union has also acquired legal resources enabling it to intervene in a viable way and for states to cooperate. This is first noticeable with the introduction of the principle of primacy: the founding principle of the EU's policy towards the Member States. Indeed, this principle ensures the primacy of European law over national law: allowing national courts to follow the European model and ensure consistency within Member States. [...]
[...] Indeed, how can we favour the EU without putting German agricultural policy at a disadvantage? This is the question raised by this article. We note here the difficulty of the political pendulum. This concept demonstrates the disadvantages that a Community public policy can bring to a particular country. This is because, despite the convergence criteria established between states, some member countries may not have the same provisions as others: therefore, an inconsistency may exist. This is easily noticed with the Euro (Stiglitz, 2012). [...]
[...] All these challenges and issues mentioned on this paper can be considered as a result of the lack of transparency and coherence in political processes within the European Union. However, for the time being, the revolt is not going so far as to call into question membership of the European Union, even though we know that it is now precarious, as shown in Brexit. Boris Johnson's rise to power also expresses the anti-European image of many EU Member States, creating an additional challenge for the Union and its peoples. [...]
