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Is the community method still relevant? To give a documented answer to this question, we needed to take a thorough look at how the institutional triangle has changed to accommodate new demands. How does the Commission currently use its right of initiative? Is voting used in the same manner as prior to enlargement? One of the greatest institutional changes in the past 20 years has been the increasing importance of the European Parliament, but what have been the effects of this “rise to power”?
This study, like those which will follow, aims to provide an up-to-date picture of the community method at work, and to help us to understand its relevance in today's Europe.

This project is coordinated by Yves Bertoncini and Renaud Dehousse.

Co-decision and ‘early agreements’: an improvement or a subversion of the legislative procedure? Study by Olivier Costa, Renaud Dehousse, Aneta Trakalovà, May 2011.

Qualified majority voting from the Single European Act to present day: an unexpected permanence Study by Stéphanie Novak, November 2011.