European Parliament History Founded in 1952 as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and renamed the European Parliamentary Assembly in 1958‚ it became the European Parliament in 1962. The first direct elections took place in 1979. The current MEPs were elected during the 2009 elections and will serve until 2014. The evolution of the Parliament is closely linked to a succession of treaties culminating in the current Lisbon Treaty. These treaties define the
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The European Energy Market For several years now the European Union‚ the largest regional trading block in the world‚ has been trying to liberalize its energy market‚ replacing the markets of its 27 member states with a single continent wide market for electricity and gas. The first phase of liberalization went into effect in June 2007. When fully implemented‚ the ability of energy producers to sell electricity and gas across national borders will be improved‚ increasing competition. The road
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Hague The Honorable Jan Peter Balkenende Minister President Herengracht 12-D‚ 2717DC Middelburg Dear Minister President‚ As a staff member of the Directorate-General of the European Commission I have been appointed to describe to you the composition and the powers of the Commission in the European Union. In the following paragraph I will describe the body of the Commission divided in three pillars: First you have the College of the Commissioners‚ then the Directorate-General (DGs) and
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The European Union (so called since the treaty of Maastricht of 1992) is a political and economic unity including nowadays 28 members. It was previously known under the name of European Coal and Steel Community and started a partnership of six countries during the post World War II to prevent an another rise of national socialism and to enable economic cooperation. In 1957‚ it became the European Economic Community with the treaty of Rome and its main purpose has been to create a barrier-free
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European crisis: Germany and the role of the trade unions Germany is usually presented in the mainstream media as having successfully weathered Europe’s vast economic crisis while German Chancellor Angel Merkel from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has gained enormous influence on the European political and financial scene. By contrast‚ in protests across Greece‚ Spain and other countries hit hardest by the crisis references about Germany as the “Fourth Reich” are increasingly being voiced
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European Integration of Ukraine is the main task‚ which unites government and opposition In connection with the new political season‚ which began not only in the Ukrainian Parliament‚ but also in the European Parliament‚ delegation of MPs of Ukraine from the Party of Regions arrived on an official visit to Strasbourg. Delegation members are Chairman of the Party of Regions parliamentary faction Olexander Yefremov‚ Deputy Chairman of the Party of Regions for International Affairs Leonid Kozhara
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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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| 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 & Global Factors In this report‚ I will be exploring the European and global factors that occur within the economic environment. The business I have chosen to refer to is L’Oreal. The European Union is a union consisting of 27 countries that have an agreement of free trade. This is when the countries within the EU can trade with each other without any tariffs. They all use the same currency which is Euros apart from the UK and Gibraltar who use GBP (Great British Pound). The advantage
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The Economic Impact of European Integration Nearly half of the century ago we couldn’t imagine Europe as it is right now. At the time it seemed to be utopia for some idealists. Nevertheless‚ there were some talks on the “United States of Europe”. However‚ no one could dream about the European Union. Last decades have shown us how far countries can give up their own interests in order to withstand as one unity. The EU as we know now is an ambiguous system that doesn’t fall neither for state structure
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