Tytuł pozycji:
Prospects for treaty reform in the European Union
The research objective of the article is a comparative analysis of the European Parliament’s proposal of November 22, 2023 and the Franco-German working group of September 18 of the same year on treaty reform in the European Union. The author formulates a research hypothesis based on the assumption that the initiative to convene a new Intergovernmental Conference is not only premature, but also based on a similar tactical maneuver by Germany and France as in the case of the Convention on the Future of Europe (2002-2003) and the Intergovernmental Conference (2003-2004), namely that the future enlargement of the EU with potentially nine new member states will force such radical reforms. On this basis, the author formulates the following two research questions. First, which proposals by the European Parliament and the Franco-German working group for changes to the EU treaties were the most radical, and why? Second, which EU member states stood to benefit the most from these changes and why?