Mercosur’s Intergovernmental Option and the Reform of the Protocol of Ouro Preto

Abstract

The work discusses the intergovernmental method adopted by the negotiators of Mercosur and its consequences for the development of the integration process. In this context, it examines the question of a possible reform of the Protocol of Ouro Preto, particularly from the point of view of the impact of the creation of the Parliament of Mercosur on the bloc’s institutional framework .