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Conference on the Future of Europe –
Beginning of a New European Union?
The war which Russian waged on Ukraine significantly changed
the EU internal and foreign agenda and currently, the EU is actively
engaged in the joint efforts against the Russian military assault in
eastern Europe.
The EPLO Regional Branch for South Caucasus, in its analytical
work of February 14, 2022, in its position paper entitled the Conference
on the Future of Europe , highlighted that the war in Ukraine, to a
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significant extent, weakened the attention towards a very important
Europe-wide discussion - the Conference on the Future of Europe
which was aimed at shaping the future European Union.
The above-mentioned paper also explained that in the recent
past, similar discussions on the future of Europe, called
“intergovernmental conferences,” took place in 2004, 2007 and 2016 - in
the first instance, in order to draft a “Constitution of Europe,” then in
response to the failure of ratification of the Constitutional Treaty and,
finally, when the results of the referendum on “Brexit” had been
released.
EU institutions, member state governments, regional and local
municipalities, civil organizations and professional unions as well as EU
citizens engaged in the work of the conference. It aims at introducing
new priorities and forms of administration of the EU in order to
transform it into more united, efficient and democratic union.
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