COUNCIL OF EUROPE Third Summer University for Democracy 29 June-4 July 2008 Governance, powers and democracy SYNTHESIS OF PLENARY SESSIONS AND CONFERENCES Directorate General of Democracy and Political Affairs Council of Europe, Strasbourg The opinions expressed in this work are the responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy of the Council of Europe. All requests concerning the reproduction or translation of all or part of the document should be addressed to the Public Information and Publications Division, Directorate of Communication (F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex or
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