nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/d115d589d677e820 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240322s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/d115d589d677e820 doi eng 342 23 Duff, Andrew Author aut How to Avoid Another Botched EU Enlargement by Sticking to the Rules Duff, Andrew Verfassungsblog 2024-03-22 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Is the European Union once again about to duck the challenge of constitutional reform? Even the imperative of Ukraine’s accession does not impel the EU to strengthen its governance. The European Parliament has made formal proposals to change the treaty from unanimity to QMV. The Commission equivocates. The European Council simply sits on the dossier, looking for excuse after excuse. Worse, a new idea is being floated in Brussels that mixes bad law with bad politics. The ruse is to use Article 49 TEU, the accession clause, instead of Article 48. I explain here why this approach will neither help Ukraine nor salvage the Union’s self-respect. CC BY-SA 4.0 Amendments EU EU Enlargements Passerelle clause QMV Treaty change (DE-588)10290611-7 gnd EU Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/sticking-to-the-rules/ raw object