Symposium:
Mountain or Molehill?
A Critical Appraisal of the Commission White Paper on Governance

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The Commission White Paper and the Improvement of European Governance

Beate Kohler-Koch ^*

This paper is a part of contributions to the Jean Monnet Working Paper
No.6/01, Symposium: Mountain or Molehill? A Critical Appraisal of the Commission White Paper on Governance

• 1. Critical account
  • 1.1. Redressing the balance of power between EU institutions
  • 1.2. The White Paper's emphasis on efficiency and effectiveness
  • 1.3. Openness, transparency and participation: the principles to assure good governance
• 2. Improvements
• 3. European Governance put in a new perspective

My presentation has three points:

1. A critical account of the strategies suggested in the White Paper concerning the improvement of EU governance;
2. some suggestions on how to strengthen the Commission's approach in line with the basic philosophy of the White Paper, and
3. a presentation of a different perspective on how to approach the issue of European governance.

* Prof. Dr. Beate Kohler-Koch
Lehrstuhl für Politische Wissenschaft II
Universität Mannheim
Seminargebäude A 5
68131 Mannheim
tel: 0621-181-2074
fax: 0621-181-2072
e-mail: bkohler@rumms.uni-mannheim.de

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