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Sat 06 Jun 2008The importance of debunking some European myths
CURRENT AFFAIRS:THIS VOLUME is a response to two events: the 50th anniversary of the coming into force of the European Community Treaty, otherwise known as the Rome Treaty, and the forthcoming referendum on the Reform Treaty, popularly known as the Lisbon Treaty, writes Brigid Laffan.
The book, divided into three parts, seeks to address three oft-quoted claims about the European Union, namely, that the EU is akin to a "superstate", that the EU suffers from a "democratic deficit" and that the EU embodies either a neo-liberal bias or the alternative that it favours socialist (over-) regulation.
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