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Over the past 70 years, the European Union has evolved from a simple economic cooperation project into a powerful supranational entity with its own currency, court, and ability to impose financial sanctions on Member States. What began as a vision of free trade and peaceful coexistence has transformed into an institution influencing nearly all aspects of governance in Europe, centralizing power at the expense of national sovereignty.

Today, the EU faces an existential crisis. Some advocate for deeper integration, accelerating the trend toward federalization. However, decades of increased centralization have not resolved Europe's challenges but have instead exacerbated them. The solution lies in returning to the EU's founding principles: 

  • National sovereignty over EU primacy
  • National constitutions over judicial activism
  • Representative democracy over technocratic governance
  • Subsidiarity and respect for national competences over centralization
  • National interests over self-proclaimed EU values
  • Free speech over ideological control 

Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) and Ordo Iuris have co-authored an initial report outlining two potential scenarios for an alternative EU treaty reform. This initiative aims to restore democracy and national sovereignty as the foundations of European cooperation and to offer a viable path toward a stronger Europe.