Commission Debate 11: Council Presidency admits: ‘We’ve made a U-turn’ on European principles of democracy
30, June, 2009
A Council protocol will aim to completely reverse the basic rule of European democracy defended passionately and with courage over decades by such European democrats as Robert Schuman, Paul-Henri Spaak and Joseph Luns. Many Commissioners in the past also fought an unequal battle to maintain democratic values against the return to raw, bare-knuckle, power politics.… » read more
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