Convention and ratification of the Constitution
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
In his book, A Brilliant Solution, Berkin wrote about the American constitutional congress that was challenged by the financial crisis due to repayment burdens on loans incurred during the wartime loans. After the world war in 1784, Congress had no money to fund the Federal treasury. The...
Nationalism and Regionalism in the era of the making of a common European identity
Essay - 4 pages - European union
The year 2000 will be and have already been pivotal for the European Union. Ten new countries became full members of the Union and Turkey is on his way to the membership. But the 2005 failure to make all the countries sign the project of European constitution asks legitimate...
A Constitution for Europe?
Essay - 9 pages - Political science
In May 2005, every French home received a book titled Treaty for the European Union. Based on the notions of liberty and democracy, the European Union was already divided on its decision to adopt the European Constitution or not. Defending the ideas of freedom since...
Nationalism and Regionalism in the era of the making of a common European identity - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 5 pages - European union
The year 2000 will be and have already been pivotal for the European Union. Ten new countries became full members of the Union and Turkey is on his way to the membership. But the 2005 failure to make all the countries sign the project of European constitution asks legitimate...
What does the European Union's so-called 'democratic deficit' stem from, and how could it be tackled? - publié le 13/01/2009
Essay - 6 pages - European union
One of the most important discussions in the modern-day European Union concerns the democratic deficit. The Maastricht treaty, which was signed on February 1992 by different European states, claims that the goal the EU is to create ‘an ever closer union among the peoples of...
The European Union and the Ukrainian issue
Essay - 6 pages - European union
The rejection of the draft of the European Constitution by France and the Netherlands in 2005 through two negative referendums revealed a fear toward the European Union. That fear can be in part explained by the fact that the European Union failed to define precisely...
Primacy / Supremacy of European Community Law against Sovereignty of the Member States
Essay - 25 pages - European law
Today the European Union (EU) consists of 27 Member States; it reaches from the Atlantic coast of Western Europe all the way to the Black Sea of Eastern Europe. In the European Union, the most important and closest collaboration between the Member States happens via the...
How valid is the concept of European cultural Identity?
Essay - 14 pages - European union
First I will critically examine the factors that contribute to the emergence of a European cultural Identity. Then, we will discuss the factors that hamper the promotion of the European unity. Most interestingly, we will observe how decisive and crucial the concept of...
The future of the state in a global context: Is the European Union a super state? - publié le 17/05/2009
Thesis - 12 pages - European union
The organization of the world has been changing for the past few decades. Besides the nation sates, a lot of different forms of organization have been coming up. The development of international relations has brought about the need for organizations which enable cooperation between the national...
National Parliaments and the European Union - publié le 18/03/2010
Essay - 5 pages - European union
The adoption of the Lisbon Treaty on December 1, 2009 puts into perspective new dimensions of the role of national parliaments into the decisional core of the European Union. Indeed, this Treaty offers to the national parliaments more power to intervene into European affairs but it...
"The national influence on the European integration" - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 7 pages - International relations
EU is regulated by a supranational institutional system, which still takes into account the national sensitiveness. Nevertheless, there is not a traditional strong supranational authority. Indeed, there is neither army nor police, and the decision making process is mainly based on consensus; and...
What does the European Union's so-called 'democratic deficit' stem from, and how could it be tackled?
Essay - 7 pages - International relations
One of the most important discussions in the modern-day European Union concerns the democratic deficit. The Maastricht treaty, which was signed on February 1992 by different European states, claims that the goal the EU is to create ‘an ever closer union among the peoples of...
The future of the state in a global context: Is the European Union a super state?
Essay - 13 pages - Political science
The organization of the world has been changing for the past few decades. Besides the nation sates, a lot of different forms of organization have been coming up. The development of international relations has brought about the need for organizations which enable cooperation between the national...
Can the European parliament ever break out of the cycle of failing public interests and legitimacy? - publié le 17/05/2009
Thesis - 5 pages - European union
In one of his speeches, Pat Cox, the President of the European Parliament said ‘Turnout across Europe [in 1999] was higher than in the last US Presidential Elections, and I do not hear people questioning the legitimacy of the presidency of the United States.'. Since 1979, indeed, the...
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 the US...
National Parliaments and the European Union
Essay - 5 pages - European union
In November 2009, European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek said that the Lisbon Treaty will improve the European Union's democratic functioning, for national parliaments and citizens alike, noting that it will increase contacts between the European Parliament and the...
The party of European socialists and the identity of European social democracy
Essay - 9 pages - Political science
The question wether there is currently something that can be called the crisis of social-democracy is arguable: after all, social-democractic and socialist parties are still the counterpart of Conservatives and Christian-democrats, sharing alternaltively government responsibilities at national...
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 is a...
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...
Should Turkey be admitted into the European Union ?
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...
The European Union will never be fully democratic: discuss
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 is a...
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 is...
The party of European socialists and the identity of European social democracy - publié le 31/08/2006
Essay - 9 pages - Political science
The question as to whether there is currently something that can be called the crisis of social-democracy is arguable. Social-democracy and socialist parties are still the counterpart of Conservatives and Christian-democrats, sharing alternatively between government responsibilities at the...
Can the European parliament ever break out of the cycle of failing public interests and legitimacy?
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
In one of his speeches, Pat Cox, the President of the European Parliament said ‘Turnout across Europe [in 1999] was higher than in the last US Presidential Elections, and I do not hear people questioning the legitimacy of the presidency of the United States.'. Since 1979, indeed, the...
"The national influence on the European integration"
Essay - 7 pages - European union
EU is regulated by a supranational institutional system, which still takes into account the national sensitiveness. Nevertheless, there is not a traditional strong supranational authority. Indeed, there is neither army nor police, and the decision making process is mainly based on consensus; and...
The foreign policy implications that the treaty on the constitution of Europe signified for the EU in terms of giving it a legal personality
Thesis - 6 pages - European law
Whereas the consequences of the French and Dutch “no” to the referendums proposing the adoption of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe do not stop to rattle the European political class, the innovations it proposed are still dangling. Nonetheless, some major...
Describe the major differences in interests and perspectives of the member states of the European Union on Iraq and the US policy
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 the US...
Does the EU need a European Identity? Why? Why not? Use concrete examples to support your line of argument - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 5 pages - European union
In a European Union under construction, speaking about European Identity is essential. If it exists, it should be the expression of a dynamic link between Europeans. This identity is or would therefore be the creator of art and culture, a common political ethic,...
The integration of the European Union
Thesis - 6 pages - European union
On the 16th April, 2003, ten new members were signing the adhesion treaty to the European Union, in front of the Parthenon in Athens. The adhesion of these ten new countries, among which eight were ex-communist countries, represented a historic moment : the European unification...
Does the EU need a European Identity? Why? Why not? Use concrete examples to support your line of argument
Essay - 5 pages - European union
In a European Union under construction, speaking about European Identity is essential. If it exists, it should be the expression of a dynamic link between Europeans. This identity is or would therefore be the creator of art and culture, a common political ethic,...
