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- Wim Voermans, The Coming of Age of the European Legislator.This contribution questions the evolution of the European legislature. Is the European legislature - as it was established after the Maastricht Treaty - developing into a full fledged legislator comparable to state legislators. In order to answer this question the concept of 'legislature' is studied from different angles. Then the relation between the European legislature - as it emerges from the Constitutional Treaty and the subsequent Lisbon Treaty of 2007 - and the other European institutions is analysed and assessed. The contribution concludes that the European legislature is maturing and developing, sometimes even outside the confines of the Treaties strictu senso.No categories
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