Comments on: The Comité des Sages: a wise idea? http://blogeuropa.eu/2007/12/13/the-comite-des-sages-a-wise-idea/ Ideas, debates, analysis et al. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:34:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ralf Grahn http://blogeuropa.eu/2007/12/13/the-comite-des-sages-a-wise-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-4680 Ralf Grahn Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:13:02 +0000 http://blogeuropa.eu/2007/12/13/the-comite-des-sages-a-wise-idea/#comment-4680 Well, part of the mandate will run alongside the ratification processes for the Treaty of Lisbon, so for the first year no time is lost. After January 2009 it is a different story. Your analysis is correct. Excluding all the crucial topics makes the group into one which needs to reflect on what it is to do. The national leaders of the European Union may be tired of institutional reform, but the Reform Treaty leaves the EU far from the effective, democratic and solidary Union the interests of its citizens demand. Well, part of the mandate will run alongside the ratification processes for the Treaty of Lisbon, so for the first year no time is lost. After January 2009 it is a different story.

Your analysis is correct. Excluding all the crucial topics makes the group into one which needs to reflect on what it is to do.

The national leaders of the European Union may be tired of institutional reform, but the Reform Treaty leaves the EU far from the effective, democratic and solidary Union the interests of its citizens demand.

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