One rule for Europe
13 September 2012
Negotiations around the new treaty for the expanded European Union are in their final stages. Paul Abbiati examines the likely impact for purchasing and supply management professionals
In December 2002, Tony Blair called the enlargement of the EU “an extraordinary moment in Europe’s history”. This month, in Rome, an inter-governmental conference began reworking the “new” proposed EU constitution into its final form so that representatives of the individual member states can sign it and put it to the test of ratification. How will the legal changes...