Maastricht introduced European citizenship. This finally defined what an EU citizen ’ is‚ most obviously in the amended Article 17 of the Treaty of Rome. This declared that in order for one to hold "citizenship of the Union"‚ one must hold "nationality of a Member State". So anyone with nationality to a country within the European union is immediately granted European Citizenship. Consequently all nationals belonging to states joining the EU will also be automatically conferred European citizenship. It
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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 roles of the European Parliament‚ as previously laid out in this presentation
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Citizenship of the European Union was introduced by the Maastricht Treaty‚ which was signed in 1992‚ and has been in force since 1993. European citizenship is supplementary to national citizenship and affords rights such as the right to vote in European elections‚ the right to free movement‚ settlement and employment across the EU‚ and the right to consular protection from other EU states’ embassies when a person’s country of citizenship does not maintain an embassy or consulate in the country they
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BOUNTIED EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION Known as bountied European immigration‚ this practice commenced in May of 1834 with the arrival of 64 Germans after a 108-day journey from the town of Bremen. They were recruited by the brother of Mr. Solomon Myers‚ the German Jewish owner of a coffee estate in St. George’s (now part of Portland). Myers received financial support from the Jamaican Assembly to cover shipping costs and help settle his first group near Buff Bay in a district that became known as Bremen
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European Integration: Where are the limits of European integration? Why? Unifying Europe has long been a dream of many political thinkers and leaders‚ even non-European ones‚ such as Winston Churchill (1946) who dreamed of the establishment of “United States of Europe” in order to avoid wars driven by nationalist ambitions. However‚ promising Europeans with happiness and economic prosperity for everyone would not be sufficient to trigger political cooperation and goodwill of the European countries
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Turkey and the European Union The European Union is political and economic union that consists of 28 member states located primarily on the European continent. The process of forming the European Union has a long history. Through the history‚ the European Union has to undergone some expansions which were each of them‚ separately‚ discussed and also followed by some policies. While the European Union still expanding its borders‚ there is a question‚ about the size of the
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Looking Outward The Canary Islands- Spaniards’ dress rehearsal for colonization Christoper Columbus (1451-1502)- Tried getting to the subcontinent of India for resources by sailing straight across the Atlantic Rejected by Portugal three separate times (1484) The Nina‚ Pinta‚ and Santa Maria (1492)- Ended up somewhere in the Carribean Fucked shit up‚ killing people and stuff and it wasn’t even India Returned to Carribean many times‚ died clueless and poor Some people think he sucks New World
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Page1 European Law Review 1997 Case Comment Expulsion‚ national security and the European Convention Colin J. Harvey Subject: Immigration. Other related subjects: Human rights Keywords: Asylum seekers; Deportation; Human rights; State security; Torture Legislation: European Convention on Human Rights 1950 Case: Chahal v United Kingdom (22414/93) (1997) 23 E.H.R.R. 413 (ECHR) *E.L.R. 626 As in its previous rulings on expulsion in Cruz Varas and Vilvarajah‚ the Court of Human Rights
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Corruption in India Patriotism. What does that word mean to you? Let me tell you what I think it should mean. Patriotism is not about boasting and believing that my country has no problems and it is just perfect. Patriotism is about realizing that my country has a problem and I will do something about it. Our problem for India is corruption. There are more than 1.21 billion people in India. 22 % of the population is under the poverty line. Truckers in India alone pay
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Rizal Sired Hitler By: Ambeth R. Ocampo Philippines Daily Inquirer Lifestyle (C3) Monday‚ June 19‚ 1995 EVERYWHERE I lecture on Rizal‚ one question never fail to arise in the open forum—"Is it true that Adolf Hitler is the son of Rizal? This is absolutely absurd‚ but since some fairly educated people actually want to believe it‚ I write this column.The argument is that Rizal had a German connection‚ he studied in Heildelberg‚ and being the Pinoy Don Juan he probably sired a son (why not a
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