The European Council: A bigger club, a similar role?

The Institutions of the Enlarged European Union: Continuity and Change

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 16-33

  Wessels, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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EID: 84856206636     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781848443785.00008     Document Type: Chapter

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