The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe.1 The EU operates through a system of supranational independent institutions and intergovernmental negotiated decisions by the member states.2 Institutions of the EU include the European Commission‚ the Council of the European Union‚ the European Council‚ the Court of Justice of the European Union‚ the European Central Bank‚ the Court of Auditors‚ and the European Parliament. The European
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EU-Bangladesh Relations at a glance: Since Bangladesh achieved independence in 1971‚ its population has grown from about 70 million people to 150 million or more in 2009. Over the same time period‚ the population of the European Community has expanded as new countries have joined. From six EC Member States in 1971 with a combined population of some 210 million‚ the European Union (EU) as it is now called has 27 Member States with some 500 million people. The European Community (EC) established
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Portes‚ The immigration‚ free movement and the E.U referendum‚ addresses the European Union formation and immigration policy of E.U. Portes centers typically on the immigration policy of E.U. Portes lays down his arguments that “The EU was founded on four basic principles: free movement of labor‚ capital‚ goods and services: these four freedoms were set out within the original accord of Rome‚ which spoke of the abolishment‚ as between Member States‚ of obstacles to the free movement of persons” (Portes
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important of EU legislation. The EU is the leading authority in this area with up to 80% of UK legislation on environmental affairs estimated to come from the EU. However‚ critics of EU environmental policy question the efficiency of some measures‚ arguing that the cost of complying with these regulations leaves European business uncompetitive‚ especially in the face of increased competition from countries such as China and India‚ which do not have such strict environmental rules. How the EU ’s environmental
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Does the EU suffer from a democratic deficit? If so‚ can it be solved by conferring greater powers on the European parliament? ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- The ‘standard version’ of the democratic deficit formulated by Weiler‚ consisting of the increased role of the executive Commission in matters of legislation‚ the weakness of the European Parliament (hereafter the EP)‚ the lack of ‘European’ elections‚ EU distance to
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INTRODUCTION The first three paragraphs of the question deals with the free movement of goods within the European Union‚ under which I will be discussing the meaning of measures having equivalent effect to quantitative restriction (MEQR)‚ breaches under Article 28 EC and derogations under Article 30 EC or under the rule of reason in the case of Cassis de Dijon. The Lisbon treaty has changed the EC numbering but I will be making reference to the old numbering throughout the essay. In the third
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“All good things are wild and free” is an idea explored by many for better and for worse. This specific quotation coming from Henry David Thoreau’s essay ‘Walking’. It is believed by many to be the main argument representing freedom. Exploring nature‚ humanity and contrasting them with each other. ‘Into the Wild’ follows the journey of Christopher McCandless‚ a boy travelling to Alaska. He travels with the belief that freedom and happiness are having new experiences. With this belief he travels
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EU COHESION POLICY C O N T E N T 1. Introduction 2 2. The Lisbon Treaty – A Union for the 21st Century 3 3. The EU institutional framework: legal framework and main bodies for the EU cohesion policy 5 4. The Funds 8 5. Grouping of the Member States and its regions in the Fifth report on economic‚ social and territorial cohesion (2010) 15 6. Cohesion policy in the Multiannual Financial Framework 2007-2013 and in MFF 2014-2020
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Energy Policy in EU The European Union has entered a new and crucial stage in energy policy. After the adoption of legally binding targets to address climate change‚ energy security and competitiveness‚ the 27 member states are now turning their attention to the implementation of these targets. However‚ with an unfinished internal market for gas and electricity and with member states continuing to focus on bilateral energy relationships with supplier countries‚ the EU is still at the very beginning
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Short Paper: EU Competition Policy Economic principles underlying EU competition policy Effective competition between suppliers is important in the way that it allows to reduce prices‚ improve the quality of goods‚ and enlarge the quantity of items provided for the consumers due to the process of innovation. The European Commission’s purpose is to ensure fair competition in European markets. It promotes economic efficiency‚ an optimal allocation of resources
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