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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the European Integration Background – Intellectual context -‐ to understand the theories of European integration‚ it is important to consider the intellectual context from which the idea of European integration emerged Federalism – Altiero Spinelli -‐ -‐ -‐ -‐ -‐ Spinelli: leader of the European Union
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perspective depicted symbols‚ 1.1 Symbols1 1.1.1 Flag The European flag is a symbol of Europe’s unity and identity. The circle of gold stars represents solidarity and harmony between the peoples of Europe. The number of stars is always twelve regardless of the number of the member states as the number twelve is traditionally the symbol of perfection‚ completeness and unity. 1.1.2 Slogan The motto “United in Diversity” means that Europeans are united in working together for peace and prosperity
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EUROPEAN LAW AND THE PRINCIPLE OF CONFERRAL The Principle of Conferral is a fundamental principle of European Union law as stipulated in Article TEU 5(1) its limits of Union competences are governed by the principle of conferral According to this principle‚ the EU is a union of member states‚ and all its competences are voluntarily conferred on it by its member states. The EU has no competences by right‚ and thus any areas of policy not explicitly agreed in treaties by all member states remain
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securitization. There is no necessity as regards the creation of European Union Army because member states already cooperate sufficiently with each other. Creating an EU army would prove to be unnecessary because most European states are already members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. For several decades NATO has been defending the military interests of Europe. It is hard to see a problem that NATO cannot solve‚ which the European Defence Force could instead. NATO exists to deal with situations
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| 2012 | | | [ EU & INTERNATIONAL LAW ] | | The law-making system of the European Union Sources of law There are three main sources of European Union law. Primary law The primary law of European Union comes from founding treaties and subsequent amendments. This is the very basis of EU law and has direct impact on the lives of EU citizens. Primary laws are created by direct negotiations between governments of member states. Secondary law Secondary laws have roots
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European settlers went through many changes after the discovery of New America because of Christopher Columbus voyage. The Europeans accidentally found the American land which was originally owned by Native American tribes. The Native American culture was very liberal and had very different lifestyles when it came to beliefs in religion‚ owning land‚ medicines‚ hunting farming and family. The Native Americans did not see people as enemies and believed that many people could be invited to join their
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the world. The contact between these two cultures was critical to the survival of the European settlers. The indigenous peoples taught them how to survive in this new world‚ along with how to organize a civilized and equal society. Without their contribution‚ the Europeans would have never survived in the new world‚ and the development of the Americas would have been nearly impossible at that time. From the European perspective‚ this relationship was very beneficial. It not only helped the creation
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Indo-European pp Migrations pp 42-45 (period 8 pp 54-57) ben hiatt per.1 9/4/12 1. Linguists noticed that certain language were related called them Indo- European. List the major subgroups of this family of languages. The major subgroups of this family of languages is hindi‚ farsi and most European languages. 2. Where was the original homeland of the Indo European speakers? The original home land of the indo European speakers is probably the steppe region of modern day Ukraine
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scalable. After the fall of the Berlin Wall and once past the time when the polarity communism / capitalism dominated relations in Europe‚ CSR model of the unified Germany seemed to be mostly represented as the European specificity. Driven by Germany and adopted by many countries of the European Union‚ this approach is characterized by a desire to combine economic efficiency and social justice. German model grants the state and public institutions an essential role and role in redistribution including
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