Date: October 1‚ 2010 Staff member of the Directorate-General Koninginnegracht 23F‚ 2535RS The Hague The Honorable Jan Peter Balkenende Minister President Herengracht 12-D‚ 2717DC Middelburg Dear Minister President‚ As a staff member of the Directorate-General of the European Commission I have been appointed to describe to you the composition and the powers of the Commission in the European Union. In the following paragraph I will describe the body of the Commission divided
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In this part of the presentation‚ I’m going to speak a little about the 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
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Short paper Joost Roelofs The competitive police in the European Union. There has been an competitive policy for over 40 years in the EU‚ this was founded in a response of a request by the European parliament. While the economic environment changed there was a treaty founded which prohibit certain anticompetitive agreements and abuses of dominant positions‚ with this treaty the European Union tried to avoid abuse of the powers great companies have. This competitive policy‚ where customers
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Parliament clears visa-free travel for Albanians‚ Bosnians [de] [fr] Published: 08 October 2010 [pic][pic][pic] The European Parliament yesterday (7 October) backed visa-free travel to Europe’s Schengen area for Albanian and Bosnian citizens‚ setting the EU assembly on a collision course with France‚ which opposes the proposal following its controversial crackdown on illegal Roma camps. Background Schengen is a village at the border between Luxembourg‚ France and Germany‚ where on 14 June
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I’m going to describe The European Union (EU) and I would like to explain why I admire this organization so much. The EU traces its origins back to the 50’s‚ when six countries joined together in the “European Coal and Steel Community” (1951) and in the “Treaty of Rome” (1957). Since then‚ the EU has grown in size through enlargement‚ and in power through the addition of policy areas to its jurisdiction. The European Union is an economic and political union and it is open to any European country
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COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS – DIRECTORATE FOR CONSULTATIVE WORKS COTER Commission and "Networks & Subsidiarity" Unit Questionnaire on the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament‚ the Council‚ the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions TOWARDS A EUROPEAN ROAD SAFETY AREA: POLICY ORIENTATIONS ON ROAD SAFETY 2011-20201 Submitted by Mr Johan Sauwens (BE/EPP) for consultation of the Subsidiarity Monitoring Network Please complete
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“The roles of the main EU institutions (Council‚ Commission and Parliament) in the management of the continuing economic/financial crisis” Methodology – There is a wealth of information for this report since it is an up-to-date topic which affected the whole world. The research is based on analysis and factual material presented in European Institutions reports‚ books‚ analysis and commentary from leading economists‚ Irish Government web-site‚ e-journals from DBS Library and Google Scholar. The
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The level of human rights in United Kingdom is very as a member of European Union. Therefore some human rights have been created regarding employees of the company by UK government. Therefore Onefinestay has to consider about the human rights regarding their employees. In order to that‚ employees are given the right for private and family life‚ freedom of thought‚ freedom of expression‚ freedom of thought and not to be discriminated against. Then Onefinestay should implement their business and operational
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A recent article appeared in the New York Review of Books. The article was by George Soros. George Soros pitched his idea about assimilating refugees in Europe. Clearly‚ Soros believes that the present system that welcomes refugees seeking asylum is flawed. He believes that the European refugee system needs an overhaul. The current system is not working due to the lack of adequate funds to help the system work properly‚ and smooth the transition of refugees into European countries. Basically‚ Soros
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Report on Costa v ENEL The following report gives a short overview on the judgment of the European Court of Justice of 15 July 1964‚ the so called Costa v ENEL case. Besides the judgment itself the report also refers to the treaty on European Union and the treaty establishing the European Community as well as to the book “Comparative Law in a Changing World”. Due to article 234 (ex 177) EC‚ giving the European Court of Justice the jurisdiction to give preliminary rulings concerning among others
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