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On 22 November, the European Parliament opened the procedure for the revision of the EU Treaties. It is now up to the European Council to convene a Convention to discuss the EU reform project in detail.
Precisely with this in mind – with a view to the March European Council meeting – the European Letter stresses the urgency of a thorough and coherent reform of the Treaties and brings to your attention a Memorandum (LINK) explaining why only the opening of a Convention is the only feasible way forward for the reform of the Treaties, whereas neither simplified revision procedures nor adjustments in view of enlargement can satisfy effective Treaty reforms.

On 22 November, the Report on the proposals of the European Parliament’s for the Amendment of the Treaties (2022/2051(INL)) was voted by the European Parliament. This report proposes a profound institutional reform to make the European Union more democratic and capable of action, and thus adequate to face political challenges and enlargement. This vote also formally opens the procedure for Treaty revision, and in this respect calls on national governments and parliaments to take sides.
Precisely with this in mind – in view of the EU Council’s transmission to the European Council (hopefully as early as December, so that a decision can be taken at the March meeting) – the European Letter publishes this note explaining the content and value of this Report and invites national parliaments to discuss it with their governments.
We also point out this draft resolution (LINK) for national parliaments to discuss and adopt.

European Letter dedicates its first issue of 2022 to an analysis of the judicial problem that has its origins in the conflict between Poland, grappling with its authoritarian drift, and the European Union, which seeks to uphold the values of the rule of law.

The Conference on the Future of Europe is a unique opportunity to equip the European Union with the tools it needs to look after the

We publish the Appeal that the UEF and the Spinelli Group in the European Parliament have launched in order to call together the forces that intend to fight to build a sovereign and democratic Europe. The first signatories of the Appeal are the members of the Spinelli Group in the European Parliament from the main political families.