But the EU's institutions need to be modernized.

Only by appealing to and involving the EU s national political institutions can EU reform succeed.

The European Union s weak, fractured institutions dispose of less than 2 of eurozone GDP in tax revenues.

We need to assess what can be achieved at the national level and what EU institutions should do. Fiscal consolidation and national reforms are essential and should continue.

We need to assess what can be achieved at the national level and what EU institutions should do.

Consider international institutions.

But, to do so, we will need to make EU institutions more efficient, with better regulation and a lower administrative burden.

Recent experience offers us an opportunity to extend EU institutions in a way that markedly reduces the likelihood of a new crisis.

But does the EU possess the necessary institutions to make these further steps in integration possible?

Global Institutions after the Crisis

One might think that Britons' aversion to the EU would be reflected in support for, and pride in, their national institutions.

Common institutions are needed to ensure that all EU countries interests are protected, and to act as a bridge between eurozone and non eurozone member states.

The EU has been unable so far to transform its institutions and procedures in order to cope with the new members.

We need international institutions that work.

China is also forging new institutions.

It is overly optimistic to pretend that today's EU institutions can implement such principles, because they do not represent the prevailing power realities.

Certainly, the EU will continue to exist and its institutions will continue to function, for better or worse, on the foundation of the Treaty of Nice.

At the heart of this process is the even touchier issue of whether the people who will take charge of the EU s main institutions should be strong leaders.

Institutions, however, may be reformed if they no longer work, and this is exactly what the EU has been futilely trying to do for 20 years.

The EU urgently needs to democratize its procedures and reorganize its institutions to ensure that this year's enlargement does not lead to bureaucratic deadlock.

This is the crux of the Lisbon Treaty, which is designed to usher in new institutions and mechanisms aimed at creating more politically cohesive EU external policies.

Now they tell them to fix their institutions.

By contrast, the Ombudsman's genuine efforts are hampered by other institutions.

Alas, as always, the Devil is in the details the EU s institutions were originally designed for 6 members, but within a decade or two the EU will probably have 25 30 (perhaps more) member states.

If Latin America is to become a strategic partner for the EU and a more attractive market for European companies, European institutions must become more open to the region s needs.

The institutions are the European Commission, the Council of the European Union, the European Council, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Central Bank, the Court of Auditors, and the European Parliament.

There are two key elements to Chile s fiscal institutions

Human Rights Require Stronger Institutions

As a result, our global energy institutions are woefully inadequate. The International Energy Agency admits only OECD countries, which excludes China, the largest energy consumer.

Some policies and institutions have been tried and failed.

Along the way, we must help strengthen Haitian institutions.

Yet these institutions should be neutral and independent.

It both sets the normative framework for EU policy and establishes institutions and procedures for policies on border controls, asylum, reception of migrants, and cooperation between judicial and police authorities.

Nor are institutions the same as laws on paper.

Countries have the right to protect their own social arrangements and institutions.

But it is counter cyclical efforts, institutions, and instruments that are sorely needed instead.

Fortunately, our international risk management institutions are steadily improving.

On the contrary, Russia s key economic institutions boast competent managers.

Preparations for EU entry strongly motivated the eight former communist Central European states to entrench or restore democratic institutions and market economies.

Two kinds of institutions in particular need shoring up conflict management institutions to enhance economies resilience to external shocks, and institutions that promote productive diversification.

These institutions proved far more powerful than the political personalities involved.

In all these areas, the IMF should make more active use of regional institutions.

Today's developed countries did not acquire their institutions overnight.

Only strong institutions, including regulations and laws, can accomplish this.

And could these societies domestic institutions withstand such an attack?