The Lisbon Treaty – new horizons Celebrating 50 years from the signing of the Rome treaties‚ the Heads of State and the Prime Ministers of the Member States have adopted a statement in Berlin concerning the acceleration of the institutional reforms. After consulting sessions‚ which involved the States and the European Union Institutions‚ in December the same year (2007)‚ the Lisbon Treaty was signed. This treaty‚ also called the reforming treaty‚ modifies and brings amendments to the institutive
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The Treaty of Maastricht Was the Treaty of Maastricht important in creating a political union? “Europe will not be made at once.” - Robert Schuman In the early 1980’s Altiero Spinelli came up with the idea of creating a political union. The idea was at the time very controversial and got rejected first‚ because many people considered it as a threat of the national sovereignty and the focus was more on the economy also. Back then two important economic concerns were for example‚ removing
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To what extent did the aims and methods of Martin Luther King differ from those of Black Power Activists? There is no question that the aims and methods of Martin Luther King differed from those of Black Power activists. King was peaceful and wanted integration with whites while Black Power activists confronted violence and believed in black supremacism and separatism. But they were also similar in some ways‚ such as speaking out on the Vietnam War. The aims of MLK differed significantly from those
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Post WWI Peace Treaties World War 1 lasted from 1914-1918. In 1919‚ the leaders of the victorious powers (Britain‚ France and the USA / The ‘Big Three’ -> Lloyd George‚ Clemenceau & Wilson) met in Paris to decide how to deal with the defeated powers. The main treaty drawn up at the Paris Peace Conference was the Treaty of Versailles‚ which dealt with Germany. It was signed on June 1919. The ‘Big Three’ were under pressure to deal severely with Germany. (Remember that Italy was involved and they
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To what extent was the Sino-soviet split caused by the personalities of the leaders? Ideological differences appear to play an important role in the Sino-Soviet Split but the geopolitical view that national security interests were of paramount importance is more convincing. The language of ideology was used by Communist leaders to disguise national interests and the friendly relationship between the powers deteriorated only when ideological differences threatened national security. However lesser
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The Treaty of Waitangi The signing of the Treaty of Waitangi is a very significant event that has led to what New Zealand is today. It gave Europeans and Maoris a common ground to live as one. It is one of the most significant events in New Zealand as it still has an impact on people today‚ nearly 200 years after the event. This will argue on many topics but will highlight on the unfairness of the Treaty‚ how it lead to controversy‚ and how the significance of this event has changed over time
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ABM Treaty: In the Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems the United States and the Soviet Union agree that each may have only two ABM deployment areas‚ so restricted and so located that they cannot provide a nationwide ABM defense or become the basis for developing one. Each country thus leaves unchallenged the penetration capability of the others retaliatory missile forces.. Both Parties agreed to limit qualitative improvement of their ABM technology. The ABM Treaty was signed
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Treaty of Lisbon The Treaty of Lisbon (initially known as the Reform Treaty) is an international agreement which amends the two treaties which form the constitutional basis of the European Union (EU). The Treaty of Lisbon was signed by the EU member states on 13 December 2007‚ and entered into force on 1 December 2009. It amends the Maastricht Treaty(1993)‚ which also is known as the Treaty on European Union‚ and the Treaty of Rome (1952)‚ which also is known as the Treaty establishing the European
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You’ve probably heard of "fair trade coffee‚" but may not be quite clear on what it actually is. It refers more to a practice than a type of coffee‚ and the emphasis is definitely on the word "fair." Before fair trade was introduced‚ the big â�� very‚ very big â�� business of coffee was all about the huge corporations‚ and maximizing their profits. This meant that most of the billions of dollars made from coffee growing went mostly into those corporations’ pockets‚ but was also funneled to the various
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Joseph Winn Suzanne May Redrafting the Maastricht Treaty The May-Winn Act The Maastricht Treaty was signed on February 7‚ 1992 in Maastricht Netherlands. The treaty led to the creation of the euro‚ and created what is commonly referred to as the pillar structure of the European Union. The treaty established the three pillars of the European Union: European Community‚ Common Foreign and Security Policy‚ and the Justice and Home Affairs. The convergence criterion that member states would
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