“Most voters seem to take the opportunity to give the incumbent national government a ‘good kicking’ during European elections‚ as seen in the UK‚ Spain and France‚ rather than vote on a broad manifesto of ideas. This is fuelled further by MEPs campaigning on local issues rather than European ones.” This is an example of part of the democratic deficit in the European Parliament. To further show how there is a democratic deficit in the European Parliament I will explain how it is largely inaccessible
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Introduction The European Union (EU) is a politico-economic union that currently has twenty-eight member states‚ almost all of which share the same currency‚ the Euro. The main purpose of the EU is to provide unity and harmony in social and political matters for its members. In order for a country to be accepted to the EU‚ there are certain standards that have to be met‚ known as the ‘Copenhagen criteria’. In 1981‚ Greece became the 10th country to join the European Union. Though‚ Greece’s entry
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(Suder‚ 2008). May 9th is now celebrated as a yearly event known as Europe day. The 1957 Treaty of Rome included the Single European Act. Part of the Act set the EU the task of establishing a Single European Market by 31st December 1992. The Maastricht Treaty was signed on the 7th February 1992 and enforced on 1st January 1993 (Fontaine‚ 1995). This Treaty was the first major change since the Treaty of Rome. The Treaty was introduced once all of the objectives of the Single European Market were met.
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1.0 Introduction Proceeding the 12 point objective plan‚ the prime minister Theresa May has suggested that the British government does not want to continue its part in the union as a single market. The market that intended to increase competitiveness‚ specialization and scale of economy therefore to allow products to be transferred to a place where it is valued most effectively and efficiently. Where some of the products and goods are dealt with according to EU legislations. 2.0 The Brexit
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ASEAN Economic Integration 2015 As the world today becomes more complex in term of politics and economics‚ there are agreements or treaties created in order to maintain the stabilization and development. One of the significant things that most states mainly concern about is the economic development; as a matter of fact‚ since the collapse of the Soviet Union‚ the world has given more priority to the economic development. On top of that‚ there were creations of free trade agreement among countries
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court If this was the case it is not just Van Gend en Loos that established a new legal order‚ there were also other contributing factors. Namely those established by the Treaty of Rome. The three European communities‚ with the Economic Community as the most prominent‚ were established by the 1951 Treaty of Paris and the 1958 Treaties of Rome. As an Integral part of this new system‚ The European Court of Justice created a large amount of new case law‚ it was stated that this case law was different to
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the case of enhanced cooperation‚ except for Common Foreign and Security Policy‚ the Commission acts as a guardian in all its phases . Moreover‚ there are predetermined rules and procedures for these methods of differentiated integration set in the treaties. Consequently‚ this ensures some degree of control over the risk of excessive use of these methods and the cohesion of European politics and legislation because specific rules
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Turkey has been associated to Europe much longer than many of the member or prospective member states. Turkey’s application to signing up for becoming a member to the European Union was made on 14 April 1987. Turkey has been an associate member of the European Union (then European Community) since 1963 with the Ankara Agreement. Turkey was one of the first countries to become a member of the Council of Europe in 1949. Therefore it is important to examine the important political and economic milestones
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Europe (In Theory) by Roberto M. Dainotto sets out to question Eurocentrism "not from the outside but from the marginal inside of Europe itself (4)." Though Dainotto initially set out with one goal for his book‚ questioning Eurocentrism ‚ he seems to address a few more things as well. What the book really does is provide (somewhat of) an explanation of European unification and identity through the exploration of European historiography. Rather than just address the existence of Eurocentrism like
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Horizontal direct effect is a legal doctrine developed by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) whereby individuals can rely on the direct effect of provisions in the Treaties‚ which confer individual rights‚ in order to make claims against other private individuals before national courts. By virtue of the doctrine of the ‘direct effect’ of Treaty provisions‚ individuals can rely directly on EC law before their national courts. There is no need for implementation of EC law by Member States through national
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