EU Politics and Governance
EU Politics and Governance
The success of the European Union stems from delivering its initial objectives which were a lasting peace, prosperity and security. Having done so has created a body of laws and norms known as acquis communautaire in the Community 's parlance. However, when analysing closely, one finds that the EU exports its norms and regulatory policies to its allies and countries and regions throughout the world. Having studied many of the EU policies that are either intergovernmental or supranational in nature, please discuss this assertion while using policies such as the EU Enlargement and Neighbourhood policy and Common Commercial Policy and many others that you can think of to sustain your viewpoints.
Europe, having been devastated first by World War I and then World War II, needed stability, both to recover some of its former glory as well as to build a sort of “barrier” against the Soviet Union. Feeling, that a strong Europe would be better able to achieve both these objectives, the USA aided the reconstruction efforts of Europe1, thereby enabling Europe to develop and become what it has today. It 's objectives are and always have been long lasting peace, security and prosperity. And it is fair to say that these objectives have been delivered. The EU is now the world 's largest integrated market2 with a potential five million customers, making it an attractive trading partner for other countries. But more importantly, war between the member states is now unthinkable due to the degree of integration between them3. This effort of furthering Europe and achieving prosperity for all, is largely underpinned by a collective body of laws and regulations, the so-called acquis communautaire. This includes not only the EU 's treaties and laws, declarations and resolutions, international agreements and the Court of Justice 's judgements but also any action the member state governments take together with regard to justice and home affairs and
The success of the European Union stems from delivering its initial objectives which were a lasting peace, prosperity and security. Having done so has created a body of laws and norms known as acquis communautaire in the Community 's parlance. However, when analysing closely, one finds that the EU exports its norms and regulatory policies to its allies and countries and regions throughout the world. Having studied many of the EU policies that are either intergovernmental or supranational in nature, please discuss this assertion while using policies such as the EU Enlargement and Neighbourhood policy and Common Commercial Policy and many others that you can think of to sustain your viewpoints.
Europe, having been devastated first by World War I and then World War II, needed stability, both to recover some of its former glory as well as to build a sort of “barrier” against the Soviet Union. Feeling, that a strong Europe would be better able to achieve both these objectives, the USA aided the reconstruction efforts of Europe1, thereby enabling Europe to develop and become what it has today. It 's objectives are and always have been long lasting peace, security and prosperity. And it is fair to say that these objectives have been delivered. The EU is now the world 's largest integrated market2 with a potential five million customers, making it an attractive trading partner for other countries. But more importantly, war between the member states is now unthinkable due to the degree of integration between them3. This effort of furthering Europe and achieving prosperity for all, is largely underpinned by a collective body of laws and regulations, the so-called acquis communautaire. This includes not only the EU 's treaties and laws, declarations and resolutions, international agreements and the Court of Justice 's judgements but also any action the member state governments take together with regard to justice and home affairs and
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