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The European Convention, sometimes known as the Convention on the Future of Europe, was a body established by the European Council in December 2001 as a result of the Laeken Declaration. Its purpose was to produce a draft constitution for the European Union for the Council to finalise and adopt. The Convention finished its work in July 2003. See History of the European Constitution for developments after this point. The European Council, informally called the European summit, is a meeting of the heads of state or government of the European Union, and the President of the European Commission. ...
2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
The Laeken European Council was held at the royal palace at Laeken, Belgium on 14-15 December 2001. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Family photo of European leaders at the signing of the constitutional treaty in Rome This article discusses the history of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, which was signed in 2004 and is currently awaiting ratification by European Union member states. ...
Origins at Nice The Convention has its origins in the Nice European Council held in December 2000. This summit sought agreement on a process of revising the existing treaties on which the European Union was founded, as a prelude to enlargement. A consensus emerged about the need to begin a "broader and deeper debate" on the future of the EU, and consequently the Council adopted a declaration on the future of the union annexed to the Treaty of Nice. The process was intended to commence with a phase of open debate before the European Council met in Laeken the following year, when a better idea of what was required would have emerged. City motto: Nicæa civitas. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
The European Union (EU) was originally created by the six founding states in 1952, but has grown to its current size of 25 member states. ...
Nice Treaty The Treaty of Nice is a treaty adopted in Nice by the European Council to amend the two founding treaties of the European Union: the Treaty on European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, which introduced the Euro and the 3-pillar structure of the EU; the Treaty of Rome...
Laeken (French: Laeken, Dutch: Laken) is a residential suburb in north-east Brussels, Belgium. ...
The declaration adopted at Nice set out four main themes to be addressed:
- How to achieve a more precise delimitation of powers between the European Union and its member states, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity.
- The status of the Charter of Fundamental Rights proclaimed at Nice.
- How to simplify the existing treaties in order to clarify their meaning.
- The role of national parliaments in the European Union.
Subsidiarity is the idea that matters should be handled by the smallest (or, the lowest) competent authority. ...
The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union is a document containing human rights provisions, solemnly proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, and the European Commission in December 2000. ...
The treaties of the European Union are effectively its constitutional law, making up the EUs primary legislation. ...
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The Laeken Declaration In December 2001, when the European Council met in Laeken, a fresh declaration was adopted committing the EU to greater democracy, transparency and efficiency, and setting out the process by which a constitution could be arrived at. This was to be achieved by a convention, which was intended to comprise the main 'stakeholders', in order to examine questions about the future direction of the EU. It was to produce a "final document", which soon became the draft constitution, to be handed over to the Intergovernmental Conference, scheduled for 2004, which would finalise a new treaty. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
In the physical sciences, specifically in optics, a transparent physical object is one that can be seen through. ...
Efficiency is the capability of acting or producing effectively with a minimum amount or quantity of waste, expense, or unnecessary effort. ...
An Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) is the formal procedure for negotiating amendments to the founding treaties of the European Union. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Work of the Convention The European Convention was established with 105 members, chaired by former French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Its members were drawn from the national parliaments of member states and candidate countries, the European Parliament, the European Commission, and representatives of heads of state and government. The Convention met for the first time in February 2002, and met thereafter in plenary session once or twice per month. It deliberated in public in the European Parliament building in Brussels. This article needs to be updated. ...
The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ...
The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive body of the European Union. ...
Queen Elizabeth II, is the Head of State in many Commonwealth countries including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Jamaica, New Zealand, the Bahamas and many more, as well as crown colonies and overseas territories of the United Kingdom. ...
For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ...
Plenary session is a term often used in conferences to define the part of the conference when all members of all parties are in attendance. ...
See also A constitutional convention is a gathering of delegates for the purpose of writing a new constitution or revising an existing constitution. ...
The constitutional treaty as signed in Rome on 29 October 2004 The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (TCE), commonly referred to as the European Constitution, is an international treaty intended to create a constitution for the European Union. ...
External links - European Convention (official website, no longer updated)
- New Convention on the future of Europe, website, democracy-international.org, calling for a new Convention following the rejection of the Draft Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe in France and the Netherlands.
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