A Eurozone Congress

• Autores: Luuk van Middelaar, Vestert Borger
• Localización: European papers: a journal on law and integration, ISSN-e 2499-8249, Vol. 3, Nº. 1, 2018, págs. 127-132
• Idioma: inglés
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  • At a time when Europe’s political leaders are considering new reforms of the single currency, T-Dem’s plea for a Eurozone assembly should be welcomed. Such a body, serving as a "Congress", could fill the democratic void that has arisen during the crisis by acting as parliamentary interlocutor of the currency union’s leaders and finance ministers. Contrary to what the authors of T-Dem envisage, however, it should not act as a legislator with the competence to set the corporate tax rate and pool public debt. And its establishment would ideally take place through an amendment of the EU Treaties instead of a new intergovernmental agreement.