Jean-Louis QUERMONNE - The eternal return of politics

Pouvoirs n°69 - Europe, de la Communauté à l’Union - avril 1994 - p.7-22

The political objective of the « founding fathers » of Europe having been gradually overshadowed by the economic and technocratic drift of the Community, it is not surprising that the debate around the Maastricht Treaty should have disconcerted public opinion as well as one sector of the political elite. However, one the most important reasons for the very existence of the Treaty is the strengthening of the political dimension of the Union and the onset of the democratisation process of the Community political life. Several possibilities exist today to favor the retreat of technocracy and the return of politics. They oppose and combine the strategy of cooperation and that of integration of the member States and beyond the institutional reforms scheduled for 1996 they will tend to focus around the thorny question of the Union presidency. Résumé

Référence électonique : Jean-Louis QUERMONNE, "The eternal return of politics", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°69, 1994, p.7-22. Consulté le 02-06-2012. URL : http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/The-eternal-return-of-politics.html