Britain and the EU Britain have had a long and complicated relationship to the EU since it was established‚ to Britain joined the EU and until today. Britain joined the EU or the European Community as it was called then in 1973. Two years after there was a referendum in Britain about whether they should stay in the union or not. 66% voted to stay‚ and this was the last referendum Britain have had about staying or leaving the EU. In 1991 the Maastrict Treaty was signed‚ this treaty said that the EU
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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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For Greece‚ membership in the European Union has meant a sense of security and belonging. It has also brought Greece closer to its ideal of becoming a more western country. However‚ as most human endeavors‚ the process has not been free of problems. Greece has an identity one could describe as distinct from other Western countries. For example‚ they practice Orthodoxy rather than another form of Christianity as most Western European countries do – and‚ further‚ some academics (give a couple of names
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4.3.5 Captives in Sweden The charters of 1976 an 1977 granted three groups‚ SKF Re‚ Electrolux Re and AGA Re‚ the right to operate in insurance activities in Sweden. SKF Re. and Electrolux Re. Captives were mainly involved in the reinsurance of foreign risks of companies of the group. AGA Re on the other hand had the charter to reinsure both Swedish group and foreign company’s risks‚ but this charter expired in 1984. In recent years a number of Swedish groups have set up captives abroad. For example
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EST1042: European Integration Theories‚ Paradigms and Key Documents. Assess the significance of the Schuman Declaration of 1950 and subsequent developments‚ including the Pleven Plan‚ the failure of the European Defence Community and the Messina Declaration. Name : Clive Aquilina ID Card : 245495m The European Union currently consists of 28 member states joined together by the same interests and values. It all started when a group of 6 countries which included France‚ Belgium
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An comprehensive article by Jonathan 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
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Special Adviser on Holocaust Issues The Special Adviser is responsible for offering policy advice on Holocaust-related matters‚ doing so in close coordination with the Department of State’s Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs and with the Office of International Claims and Investment Disputes in the Office of the Legal Adviser. The current Special Adviser is Stu Eizenstat‚ whose mandate is up for renewal in June. Since the Special Adviser is a political
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National Farmers’ Union v. Secretariat General du Gouvernement (Case C-241/01) Court of Justice of the European Communities (ECJ) 22 October 2002 PARTIES: National Farmers’ Union and Secrétariat général du gouvernement Interveners: British Government and European Commission FACTS: In 1996‚ the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a progressive neurological disease‚ widespread in the United Kingdom. After that a link between this and a variant of a particular disease affecting human beings
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Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………..1 Concept of new legal order and its effect on sovereignty of Member States……………….1 The role of ECJ in developing principles and whether Treaties expressly provided basis for those principles…………………………………………………………………………………2 Supremacy of Community law………………………………………………………………...3 Interpretation of Community law…………………………………………………………….3 Non-discrimination on the basis of nationality/gender as fundamental principle………...4 Principle of proportionality…………………………………………………………………
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Topic: The subsidiarity principal in the European UnionContent:1.Introduction2.The origins and first manifestations of the principal of subsidiarity in the EC3.The subsidiarity principle itself- The Treaties of Maastricht and Amsterdam4.Case law and the European Court of Justice4.1.The Tobacco Advertising Case4.2.The Working Time Directive5.Evolution of the Principle in recent years- From Amsterdam until today6.Conclusion1.IntroductionSubsidiarity can be defined as:"the principle that a central authority
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