O modelo "Monnet" da UE no fim

The end of Monnet The debt crisis is exposing problems in the basic design of the European Union

"... But the méthode Monnet has brought two problems. One is that it alienates voters. Elected governments must increasingly answer for policies they do not fully control, while voters have no power to “throw the bums out” in Brussels. The European Parliament, self-aggrandising and mediocre, cannot fill the democratic deficit. The method’s other drawback is its sheer clumsiness. Authority in the EU is dispersed, and many decisions still require consensus among 27 governments (or 17, for the euro zone). The euro was created without the supporting structure of a treasury, tax-raising powers and coherent decision-making.

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