Three decades on, the era of radical innovation through treaty change is gone. In an enlarged and more heterogeneous EU, governments struggle to find common ground. Also, as populist parties now have significant support, substantial treaty change could trigger multiple referendums with unforeseeable results. Governments hate playing Russian roulette. However, the need to develop EU policies remains and so the focus has shifted to secondary legislation, soft law instruments, and financing tools.
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