Underground Economy in the European Union: Moonlighting
Essay - 24 pages - Economy general
The black market, also known as the underground economy, has a substantial arsenal of words to describe it: black economy, illegal economy, unreported, unrecorded, ghost, invisible economy etc. Undeclared work also falls into the category of underground economy. This consists of different...
European Union Law - Commentary: Article 4 of the EU Treaty (Member States' sovereignty/cooperation duties)
Thesis - 4 pages - European law
The document we are going to comment on is the article 4 of the EU Treaty, as modified by the Lisbon Treaty. It highlights the fact that the EU membership implies a great number of consequences for the member States. According to this article, although some rights belonging to the States are...
The European Union, a Sustainable Development Normative soon to be Global Power? Evidences from the 2002 Johannesburg World Summit
Thesis - 4 pages - Political science
Over the last decade, the European Union (EU) clearly came out as a Sustainable Development (SD) worldwide challenger. Is the Union's SD internal commitment enough to predispose it to become a global power in this field? Building on Ian Manners' concept of “Normative...
Great Britain and the European Union
Thesis - 2 pages - European union
Great Britain because of its quality of being an Island, and it was always excluded from the continent's activities. Furthermore, the British take a real pride in their own culture which can explain their rather cold attitude in the matters of international relations. So, we can ask ourselves...
European Union and South Caucasus: Strategy
Thesis - 6 pages - European union
The new design of the European energy map has brought the South Caucasian region in the spotlight. As stressed by the Foreign Affairs Committee, in a draft resolution from the European Parliament they adopted in early April, there is now a dire need for the European...
China's (mis)perception of the European Union
Thesis - 5 pages - European union
The People's Republic of China's (PRC) rise and arrival as a superpower on the international stage makes it more necessary to study China's vision of the world,and how it perceives the different actors with which it interacts daily. The European Union (EU) is one of...
Gas trade between Russia and the European Union: From tensions to cooperation?
Thesis - 4 pages - Theories and economic notions
In 2008, Russia sold 160 billion cubic meters of gas to the European Union (EU), which represented 70% of Russian gas exports, 30% of the EU's needs and 50% of its imports. For over thirty years, the Russian company Gazprom has supplied the EU with most of the gas required by...
European Banking Union: Licensing and Supervision
Course material - 3 pages - Bank law
Understanding the rules governing banking establishments in the European Union, including licensing, supervision, and the role of the European Central Bank.
Is the European Union's Charter of Fundamental Rights a necessary and desirable development?
Thesis - 7 pages - Constitutional law
The Treaty of Lisbon came into force in 2009 and alongside it, a reference to the Charter of Fundamental Rights (Charter) gave it legal standing. The Charter became one of the most defining documents the European Union has ever witnessed, or a mere piece of symbolic literature that...
To what extent is there a need for the European Union in 2010?
Internship report - 5 pages - European union
With the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty in December 2009, the ‘European Union begins 2010 with a new look', according to VOA News. The European Union has strengthened its institutions, with a new ‘president of the European Union'; Herman...
Relationship between Moldova and European Union
Essay - 8 pages - Political science
The Economist recently published an article on Moldova entitled “the country that Europe forgot” describing the tiny Republic which, due to an unhappy combination of economic, political and geopolitical factors, is the “last in the queue for love and attention”. Such...
How does the Treaty of Lisbon modify European Union's foreign policy?
Case study - 8 pages - European union
Most European citizens expect the European Union (EU) to play a more significant role on the international stage. According to a survey conducted in France in June 2007 , 70% of the French respondents agree with the idea that EU might have a common foreign policy vis-à-vis...
Should European Union develop its own deterrent?
Thesis - 7 pages - International relations
During the Cold War, deterrence was at the core of international foreign policy having a bilateral symmetry. With the end of the Cold War the realm of nuclear issues has undergone a substantial change and with emerging security challenges and an asymmetry of international actors. Even if...
Should Turkey join tne european union ? - publié le 29/09/2010
Thesis - 21 pages - International relations
In the 1960s, a community of nations like France, Germany, Italy, and the Benelux covered almost all economic sectors, introduced the future common market framework, and established common policies for agriculture, transports, international relations, and regional cohesion. The integrating...
Describe the major differences in interests and perspectives of the member states of the European Union on Iraq and the US policy - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 15 pages - International relations
The Iraq conflict uncovers difficulties for the member states of the European Union to find a common position in the context of the Common Foreign and Security Policy. This essay describes the major differences in the interest and perspectives of the member governments on Iraq, and...
Bulgaria and European Union: A research report
Tutorials/exercises - 22 pages - European union
The development of a global financial market transforms the individual countries' and domestic capital markets into connected single financial environment, where investors can take advantage of numerous investment opportunities. The dynamic growth and gradual integration of the Bulgarian capital...
The European Union and the democratic deficit - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 13 pages - European union
The Convention of the the European Council of Laeken in 2001, was put in charge of drafting a new treaty for Europe. The main objective of this draft Treaty was to clearly define: “how to bring citizens closer to the European aim, and to European Institutions, by...
European Union and Federalism - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 4 pages - European union
In 1948, federalists formulated a project of United States of Europe at a Congress in La Haye. But they were defeated by unionists who wanted mere intergovernmental cooperation between European states. Nowadays, this continues to be a recurrent debate: is the European Union...
The new European Union members and the euro : advantages and disadvantadges of joining the euro, an assessment - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 13 pages - European union
Over the last few years, twelve countries, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Cyprus, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia in 2004, and Bulgaria and Romania in 2007, joined the European Union. This came as the result of a long political process, followed by...
How the Georgian and the financial crisis stress the main difficulties and changes that the European Union is facing nowadays? - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 9 pages - European union
The financial crisis that we are facing in the present scenario is said to be the worst since World War two or even since the great depression. We can't compare our situation to the one in 1929 but we have to be realistic that the crisis is a global issue. We are now far away from the German...
Should Turkey be admitted into the European Union ? - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 14 pages - Political science
Although many people believe the debate regarding the admission of Turkey into the European Union (EU) is recent, it actually dates back to 1959, just two years after the signing of the Rome Treaty, which created the EU (see appendix 1). In July 1959, Turkey asked for an association...
Why the European Union enlargement represents a major strategic point for the european companies? Focus on the Volkswagen Group (october 2008)
Market study - 13 pages - Automotive marketing
The European Union currently includes 27 member-states. In only three years, between May 1st 2004 and January 1st 2007, the Union integrated twelve new countries from Central and Eastern Europe. This is the most ambitious European project since the signature of the...
Electronic commerce in the European union: The case study of Premier tours ltd
Tutorials/exercises - 23 pages - Business strategy
Electronic commerce has emerged with the development of the new information and communication technologies, the Internet and the World Wide Web. This paper addresses the theoretical issue of the electronic commerce by introducing the main theoretical issues and summarizing the few literary...
Evolution of the Czech Agriculture after the Arrival of the Czech Republic in the European Union (2004)
Market study - 17 pages - European union
Despite an agricultural sector which is well developed for a country of the post soviet union, the Czech Republic is mainly an industrial country which is one of the healthiest countries of eastern Europe and which joined the European Union during the biggest expansion of the...
The European Union Court of Justice is more relevant for the advance of the EU political unity than the Commission and the Parliament' - Discuss
Essay - 4 pages - European law
The European Union's political role has been a big issue among the main theoriticians of the European Union. The place of the European Parliament and the Commission in the process toward political unity is obvious. The Commission, as the institution which...
The European Union will never be fully democratic: discuss - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 8 pages - European union
On 13th October 2005 was launched the Commission's “Plan D” for Democracy, Dialogue and Debate, which intends to “lay the foundations for the profound debate about Europe's future” in order to “mak[e] the European Union more democratic” . This strategy...
The implementation of the Third Pillar of the European Union in the United Kingdom
Essay - 15 pages - European union
The establishment of the European Union (EU) Policy within the third pillar of the United Kingdom (UK) has changed substantially over the past decades and more with the introduction of the Lisbon Treaty. Originally the UK had been reluctant to acknowledge or embrace...
Limits to transnationalism in social movements: The case of the farmers' protests in the European Union - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 13 pages - Political science
Farmers are among the most vigorous protestors against the European Union. However, contrary to some other groups, the farmers fail to cooperate. Transnational movements are quite rare, and quasi inexistent. It is for this reason that it is interesting to focus on this group in...
Should turkey join the European Union? - publié le 13/12/2010
Thesis - 4 pages - European union
Many people believe that the debate regarding Turkey's adhesion to the European Union (EU) is modern and recent; it actually goes back quite a long time. As a matter of fact, it dates back to the 1960s; the issue was raised in 1963, when Turkey signed a customs union with...
The European Union: "Fortress Europe" - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 6 pages - European union
Article 14 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that “Everyone has the right to seek and enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution”. Europe has always attracted migrants and asylum seekers because it benefits from a reputation of high standards of living and as...
