Research Paper on:
EU's Judicial Changes Resulting from the Treaty of Nice

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to learn from the mistakes of the past, many of the same mistakes from the past are occurring anyway. What remains to be seen is if these important timelines  can be met, maintained and enforced without causing too much internal strife among the people in the member states while transition occurs. And, with collectively held breaths the rest of  the world is waiting to see if this newest and boldest attempt at Unification may lead to a grand European renaissance, or total debacle in which the rest of the  world may be forced to pay the economic price for this grand experiment. Already fundamental changes have taken place, in particular the judicial structure, as affected by the Treaty of  Nice. Originally, the Treaty of Nice was a big first step on the unification of all the European nations. However, it would have to be adjusted. One of the biggest  restructuring movements in the judicial systems was the way in which big countries seemed to have unfair advantage and representation on the council. The new system give twenty nine votes  to the big Four: Germany, France, Italy and Britain(Treaty of Nice, 2002). However, the restructuring did not end there. A system of majorities and minorities provided for a check  and balance type of legislature, not unlike the United States government. There are at least three different ways in which any decision brought to the attention of the council may  be deliberated and/or defeated. It would seem that the way that it is structured now, it would only take three larger countries and perhaps one smaller country to veto and/or  stymie any decision or resolution. For example, when the total number of member countries reaches twenty seven members, as is projected, then the number of votes on the council will