ABSTRACT
The Treaty of Nice was signed on 26 February 2001, and came into force on 1 February 2003. The purpose of this treaty is the institutional reform of the EU and it deals with the so-called Amsterdam ‘left-overs’. This chapter focuses on the European governance and examines some problems involving institutional reform, based on the reality of European theory. It considers the status of the President of the European Commission integration, and its trends of Contemporary political and the problems involving the ‘collegiality’ of the European Commission. The governance structure of the EC was designed by the Treaty of Rome at the time of its foundation. Before going on to an in-depth analysis of the institutional reforms resulting from the Nice Treaty, it may be useful to briefly set out the institutional systems under the EC Treaty. European Union leaders have set out on the path of European integration, opening an intensive debate on reform of European Governance after Nice.
