| Summary: | (Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2018 3(1), 127-132 | Overview | (Table of Contents) I. Introduction. - II. Summit and Congress. - III. Ministers and Congress. - IV. Treaties and Congress. - V. To conclude. | (Abstract) At a time when Europe's political leaders are considering new reforms of the single currency, T-Dem's plea for a Eurozone assembly should be welcomed. Such a body, serving as a "Congress", could fill the democratic void that has arisen during the crisis by acting as parliamentary interlocutor of the currency union's leaders and finance ministers. Contrary to what the authors of T-Dem envisage, however, it should not act as a legislator with the competence to set the corporate tax rate and pool public debt. And its establishment would ideally take place through an amendment of the EU Treaties instead of a new intergovernmental agreement.
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