To what extent is the reform of the EU's institutions critical to the future Union ?

Abstract

To prepare the inter-governmental conference of 2004, the Laeken European Council of December 15th, 2001 appointed Mr Valerie Giscard - D'Estaing, former President of the French Republic, to lead the Convention on the Future of Europe. Along with the intensification of integration, enlargement or "widening? is the new challenge for EU achievement. Indeed, if we look back to the history, four official enlargements have taken place since the year 1958.