The place of Europe in European media
Essay - 8 pages - European union
"European unification will only be achieved if Europeans want it. Europeans will only want it if there is such a thing as a European identity. A European identity will only develop if Europeans are adequately informed. At present, information via the mass media is controlled at the national...
Was European Political Cooperation a failure?
Essay - 4 pages - European union
Tsakalloyannis has described the European Political Cooperation (EPC) in 1991 as ?Two decades of slow progress and immobilism'....Even the federalists have blamed and pointed fingers at the EPC for its inefficiency and described its intergovernmental process as a failure. However, these tough...
Does the EU need a foreign minister?
Essay - 4 pages - European union
If one can recollect one of the main innovations of the aborted Constitutional treaty, it is undoubtedly, the appointment of an EU Foreign Minister. It is to be noted that if the accurate denomination and definition of a ?Union Minister for Foreign Affairs' was buried with the constitutional...
How adequate is the term "Euro-scepticism"?
Essay - 4 pages - European union
If The Times has any better manner of describing Margaret Thatcher, then the description that follows is ?Euro-skeptic' personality. This was the description that highlighted Margaret Thatcher's attitude as per the publication in The Times on the 30th of June 1986. At this point, one...
How far can we explain the Maastricht agreement on the basis of the interplay of economic interests?
Essay - 3 pages - European union
The European Coal and Steel Community was launched in 1951. Ever since its launch, it is an indisputable fact that the European integration has most often been depicted as a society being led by the economics. Once again, it is an undeniable fact, that these agreements have not been proposed on...
Critically assess the extent to which liberal intergovernmentalism provide a more fitting explanation of European integration than neofunctionalism - publié le 05/03/2009
Essay - 9 pages - European union
Drawing an analogy with the diversity of the process of European integration, Robert Schuman expressed that, ‘‘when the cooperation is still at its embryonic stage, the theorization of that unique phenomenon involves a plurality of approaches developed over time and bringing together...
What is the international role of the CAP and how does it affect its future?
Essay - 7 pages - European union
Since the creation of the European Community and the single European market by the Treaties of Rome, the modalities of a common market of foodstuffs had been a central concern in European affairs. As Robert Ackrill points out, "the CAP is one of the most pervasive of all EU policies, one of the...
Decentralization in the European Union: subsidiarity or crumbling of the public policies?
Essay - 3 pages - European union
Local administrations budgets represented 26% of GDP of the European Union in 2005. Despite this fiscal relevance, the heterogeneity of national legal frameworks has prevented these organizations from coordinating their respective interventions. Nevertheless, a generalized devolution process has...
Is the "democratic deficit" of the European Union a political or institutional problem?
Essay - 6 pages - European union
"No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time; but there is the broad feeling in our country that the people should rule, continuously rule". When...
Was the Treaty of Maastricht essentially about finding a sustainable answer to the German question?
Essay - 4 pages - European union
The Treaty of the European Union, that was signed in Maastricht in February 1992 and entered into force in November 1993, states that "This Treaty marks a new stage in the process of creating an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe?. The Treaty of Maastricht represents an attempt to...
In what ways can Maastricht be considered as a watershed in the European Integration?
Essay - 5 pages - European union
The Treaty of the European Union, that was signed in Maastricht in February 1992 and entered into force in November 1993, states that "This Treaty marks a new stage in the process of creating an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe?. The Treaty of Maastricht represents an attempt to...
The current reform of the EU institutions and its perspectives
Essay - 4 pages - European union
The European Union currently needs an in-depth reform of its institutions to modernize the economy of the euro zone, fight against climate change, efficiently manage migrations flows, reduce poverty, and to tackle the other most serious contemporary issues, and propagate on the international...
The origins and diversities of European welfare states
Essay - 10 pages - European union
Looking at the definition quoted by G.Esping-Andersden, the Welfare State seems to be a really simple thing: “it involves state responsibility for securing some basic modicum of welfare for citizens”. However, the welfare state corresponds to numerous realities across the world. The...
The European citizenship: A transnational challenge - publié le 21/01/2009
Essay - 5 pages - European union
A citizen is “by definition a citizen among citizens of a country among countries. His rights and duties must be defined and limited, not only by those of his fellow citizens, but also by the boundaries of a territory [...]”. Hannah Arendt asserted thus, in 1968, that the concept of...
Democratizing Europe: On the quest for a common public space - publié le 21/01/2009
Essay - 4 pages - European union
We all remember the rebuff of the constitution from France and the Nederland in spring 2005 and the further comments on the event. Many bet on an end of Europe. This refusal called into question Europe that was upset that stopped for a while. Of course, although this reject was not a good point...
The European union and the third world: The case of the EU-ASEAN relations - publié le 21/01/2009
Essay - 7 pages - European union
The European Union is a growing and developing organization which is becoming more and more important. That's why its relations with other countries in a more and more globalized world are also moving. The EU relations with the developing world are as old as its creation but they have undoubtedly...
A Nordic identity in the European security structure? - publié le 20/01/2009
Essay - 10 pages - European union
The 3rd and 4th December 1998, the President of French Republic Jacques Chirac and the British Prime Minister Tony Blair met in Saint Malo. Both maintained the necessity to give Europe the ability of autonomous action concerning security and defence. This statement comes within the framework of...
Integration of new countries in the European Union - publié le 16/01/2009
Essay - 5 pages - European union
The story of Europe is still being written. The entrance of new countries, ten in 2004, two others in 2007, and the current question of opening Europe to Turkey, shows that the European Union is continuously evolving. From 1947 to 1989, the liberalist doctrine has been adopted by the Western part...
What are the most significant long-term external trends that will affect the role of the EU in 2020 to 2050? - publié le 16/01/2009
Essay - 10 pages - European union
By 2025, Europe will represent only 6% of the world population, and its relative share of global wealth and trade will have shrunk. Contentious economic and welfare reforms as well as the integration of a growing migrant population will be among the key internal challenges for many EU Member...
The EU Lisbon agenda - publié le 16/01/2009
Essay - 9 pages - European union
To make the European Union "the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-driven economy, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion ": that was the guideline, the “new strategic goal” of the principles EU's Head of States and Governments...
The two equality directives of 2000: False-twins
Essay - 22 pages - European union
2007, the “European Year of Equal Opportunities for All” in the European Union ended a few months ago, stressing on the question of the current anti-discrimination law in the Union. This initiative of the Commission took place in a general movement of the European Union toward a better...
The strategy behind energy-related aspects of European neighborhood policy - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 3 pages - European union
The paper notes that the EU will increasingly rely on energy supplies from neighboring countries. Needless to say that among the principles and motives of the ENP, energy has a major role since it is obvious neighboring countries have resources (oil and gas) the EU needs to secure. For instance...
A critical analysis of the EU legal framework dealing with illegal immigration
Essay - 5 pages - European union
Arousing the passions and the divisions, the migration is apprehended by some Europeans as a danger for the national identity and is approved by the others as a source of cultural diversity. Many forms of illegal immigration are observed. The migrants can enter a member states by land, air or...
The European Union and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - published: 15/01/2009
Essay - 8 pages - European union
With the recent election of Mahmud Abbas as chairman of the Palestinian Authority and Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw Israeli troops and settlers from the Gaza strip, the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians appears to be at a crossroads, after years of severe strain on the so-called...
The completion of the wto free trade agenda will produce both winners and losers in the eu: to what extend do you agree? - published: 15/01/2009
Essay - 5 pages - European union
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international body, the purpose of which is to promote free trade by persuading countries to abolish import tariffs and other barriers. It has little by little become closely associated with globalisation. The WTO is the only international institution...
Tallberg, J. (2003) 'The agenda-shaping powers of the EU Council Presidency' - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 4 pages - European union
The Presidency of the European Union Council is an attribution that is not often analysed in the literature on EU decision-making. To put it briefly, the member state holding the Presidency of the Council for six months is in fact chairing the meetings of the European Council, meeting at least...
A history of the UE: Robert Schuman - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 4 pages - European union
On May 9th, 1950, Robert Schuman, a French statesman and visionary European, gave a speech soon to be known as “the Schuman Declaration”. This event determined Europe's future and is considered as the birth of actual functional European integration; a “Europe Day” is even...
The European union's development policy toward Africa - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 5 pages - European union
On December 8th and 9th 2007 the summit of African and European leaders has hold in Lisbon. It is the second ever Summit between heads of states and governments from EU and Africa after the Cairo Summit in 2000. The 52 countries of the African Union, the 27 European member states, and the...
The Lisbon treaty - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 3 pages - European union
The 27 European leaders reached a deal on the new “Reform Treaty” during a two-day summit at Lisbon on October 18th and 19th 2007, ending more than two years of political crisis after the French and Dutch referenda. This agreement comes after a long and complex process of elaboration...
Polonsky M. J., Brito P. Q., Pinto J. and Higgs-Kleyn N. (2001). Consumer Ethics in the European Union: A comparison of northern and southern views
Essay - 3 pages - European union
Our article for seminar three is called Consumer Ethics in the European Union: a Comparison of Northern and Southern Views. It discusses the issue of a single European market and the cultural problems that occur in this growing “integrated” market. The authors have divided the European...
