European Parliament History Founded in 1952 as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and renamed the European Parliamentary Assembly in 1958‚ it became the European Parliament in 1962. The first direct elections took place in 1979. The current MEPs were elected during the 2009 elections and will serve until 2014. The evolution of the Parliament is closely linked to a succession of treaties culminating in the current Lisbon Treaty. These treaties define the
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potential reforms that could be made to the European Parliament to make it a more powerful institution. My main source of information when it came to these reform ideas where the core text by Neil Nugent‚ Michelle Cini’s "European Union Politics" and Judge and Earnshaw’s "The European Parliament"‚ which can be found on the reading list for this seminar. I found them to be good sources of information‚ as they lay out powers and roles of the European Parliament‚ as previously laid out in this presentation
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Singapore Management University | The enhancement of the European Parliament: Effects on Policies | | Suriagandhi Selathorai 11/13/2012 | The enhancement of the European Parliament: Effects on Policies Introduction The European Parliament (EP) was established by the Treaty of Rome in 1957. In the original institutional design of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)‚ the EP was not intended to play any key major roles. The EP was one of the oldest common institutions where
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EFFECTIVE PARLIAMENT; Parliaments organize themselves effectively to carry out their key functions. Although ‘effectiveness’ may not at first sight seem a distinctively democratic value‚ it becomes so where the functions performed are those necessary to the working of the democratic process: law making‚ oversight of the executive‚ financial control‚ and so on. Electorates are not well served if parliaments do not have sufficient resources to carry out these functions‚ or are wasteful or ineffective
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several local channels. They have even popularized their tagline‚ “Sigaw ng bayan dinggin na! Charter Change ngayon na!” Both sides of the debate have released their own propaganda supporting their arguments. Pro-charter change proponents say that a parliament would be better because the check and balance gridlock under a presidential system would be eliminated. Those against the proposed charter change‚ on the other hand‚ say that the checks and balances are necessary in order to prevent anyone from
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The Parliament of India is the supreme legislative body in India. Founded in 1919‚ the Parliament alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all political bodies in India. The Parliament comprises the President of India and the two Houses—Lok Sabha (House of the People) and Rajya Sabha (Council of States). The President has the power to summon and prorogue either House of Parliament or to dissolve Lok Sabha.[6] India’s Parliament is bicameral; Rajya Sabha is the upper
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Parliament and the Monarchy Starting in 1215‚ when the Magna Carta was signed by King John‚ there was a period of nearly 400 years when‚ from time to time‚ Parliament and the Monarch would disagree‚ sometimes violently‚ about which had the final say in decisions. In the 17th Century there was a Civil War in England when battles were fought between armies representing the King (the Cavaliers’) and Parliament (the Roundheads’). Parliament won and King Charles I was eventually executed‚ although
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An Unholy Race—Boycotting National Parliament Introduction: ‘Of an unholy race’ and ‘JS boycotted‚ not the money’ are the two recent national news of a popular national daily. Although I have mentioned about only one daily newspaper news about boycotting Jatiya Shashshad ( JS) is not new in Bangladesh and now has become a common news piece for the newspapers specially when national election is knock at the door. Bangladesh Awami League (BAL) the present ruling party of Bangladesh has announced
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RAPORTUL DINTRE PARLAMENTUL EUROPEAN ŞI PARLAMENTELE NAŢIONALE Profesor : conf.dr.Chilea Dragoş Student : Babă Alexandra Specializare : M.A.P.C.P. Master anul I CUPRINS INTRODUCERE CAPITOLUL I 1. Organizarea şi funcţionarea Parlamentului European 2. Componenţa Parlamentului European CAPITOLUL II 1. Relaţiile dintre Parlamentul European şi Parlamentele Naţionale
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AARMS Vol. 8‚ No. 2 (2009) 307–314 LAW Presidential versus parliamentary systems ILONA MÁRIA SZILÁGYI Miklós Zrínyi National Defence University‚ Budapest‚ Hungary This article is a comparison of presidential and parliamentary systems. They are the two most popular types of democratic governments. They have common and dissimilar features. In both presidential and parliamentary systems the chief executive can be removed from office by the legislature but the way of it is different. Dissimilar
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