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This 3 page paper considers if the European Parliament, even when reformed by the Treaty of Nice 2000, will remain an impotent institution dominated by the Commission and by the Council of Ministers. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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and the increased level of democracy that this brings that the European Parliament is still impotent, as it is dominated by the Commission and the Council of Ministers.
The Nice Treaty brought in several measures such as the abolition of the Veto except under extraordinary circumstances, however, there were also measures which were aimed at constraining the powers
of these bodies. There were agreements on how the power is to be shared between the different parties. The number of seats in the Parliament may have been capped, but
has the commissions size. If we are to argue that there is a lack of power in the part of the parliament we need to consider the roles of the
Commission and the Council of Ministers. The Commission is not an elected body, and has the role of safeguarding the treaties, proposing legislation and policy and overseeing the implementation of
these polices. Therefore, as an unelected body this may be seen as holding a great deal of power, with the role of proposing and overseeing implementation of policy and legislation
this is an important organisation as it is the equivalent of the executive authority within the EU as well as its manager. There were changes made to the commission
in the Treaty of Nice. The commission is made up of twenty ministers who are nominated by the member states. Each appointment is fr a period of five years. With
twenty commissioners it is apparent that some nations are able to appoint more than a single commissioner. The changes which have been made may curtail some of the dominance as
each country will be limited to a single member (BBC, 2001). With the increasing number of members it will also be ensured that all countries will take a turn
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