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In spite of Mercado Comum do Sul (Southern Common Market) (MERCOSUR’s) clear vocation for institutional deepening and functional density, the negotiators did not intend to adopt the European “community method” for the bloc, with its aspects of supranationality. Therefore, almost every decision taken by the Common Market Council (CMC) needs to go through a lengthy procedure within the national parliaments, in order to be approved and incorporated into domestic law.
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© 2013 Maria Claudia Drummond
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Drummond, M.C. (2013). The Brazilian Parliamentary Delegation to MERCOSUR: Its Functions in the Brazilian National Congress. In: Costa, O., Dri, C., Stavridis, S. (eds) Parliamentary Dimensions of Regionalization and Globalization. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137322746_5
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