Critically assess whether the reforms proposed by the draft Constitutional Convention on the Future of Europe will satisfy the objectives of the Laeken Declaration.
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ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY ABERDEEN BUSINESS SCHOOL EUROPEAN UNION LAW Critically assess whether the reforms proposed by the draft Constitutional Convention on the Future of Europe will satisfy the objectives of the Laeken Declaration BY CHRISTINE BYRES WC. 2492 EUROPEAN UNION COURSEWORK INTRODUCTION The E.U Leaders adopted the Declaration at their meeting in Laeken. This meeting was necessary in hopes to identify some of the key questions that must be considered during the next stage of treaty reform and institutional reform. It was in December 2001 that the Laeken Declaration was issued at the end of the Belgian Presidency of the European Union. It set out ambitious tasks for a Convention. The Laeken Declaration helped to establish proposals for the convention "for the reform of the E.U." There are three concerns that the declaration deals with: "1. Europe at a Crossroads; 2. Challenges and Reforms in a Renewed Union; 3. Convention on the future of Europe."1 1. EUROPE AT A CROSSROADS For many centuries,...

