Intergovernmental Conference

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In the politics of the European Union, an Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) is the formal procedure for negotiating amendments to the EU's founding treaties. [1] Under the treaties, an IGC is called into being by the European Council, and is composed of representatives of the member states, with the Commission, and to a lesser degree the Parliament also participating.

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An IGC will conclude with a meeting of the European Council, at which any political issues requiring resolution at the level of Heads of State or Government will be resolved, and final political agreement will be reached. [2] A final treaty text in each of the community languages will then be prepared by the legal and linguistic experts of the member states, before being presented to the member states for signature and ratification.

List of International Governmental Conferences

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References

  1. ↑ "Intergovernmental conferences". www.consilium.europa.eu. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  2. ↑ Nungent, Neil (2017). Paterson, William E. (ed.). Government and Politics of the European Union (8th ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. p. 121. ISBN   9781137454089.
  3. ↑ Nuttall, Simon J. (2000). "6: The Intergovernmental Conference". European Foreign Policy. Oxford University Press. pp. 149–175. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198293361.003.0006. ISBN   9780191684982.
  4. ↑ Nungent, Neil (2017). Paterson, William E. (ed.). Government and Politics of the European Union (8th ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. p. 471. ISBN   9781137454089.
  5. ↑ Westlake, Martin (1995), "The European Parliament, the National Parliaments and the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference" , The Political Quarterly , 66 (1) (published January 1995): 59–73, doi:10.1111/j.1467-923X.1995.tb00453.x
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