2010 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
The Constitutional and Lisbon Treaties
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The Government and Politics of the European Union
As was noted at the end of Chapter 5, it was recognised at the time agreement was reached on the Nice Treaty that it contained little more than the minimum that was necessary to enable the EU to enlarge. The Treaty made provision for fitting the new member states into the Commission, the Council, the EP and the other EU institutions, but it did little to tackle wider matters relating to how the much larger and more heterogeneous EU could function with efficiency and effectiveness.