EU Representation System Effectiveness

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[...] Interest of the subject: - The State is the basic unit of the EU inasmuch as the EU originally is an association of states - From then on it is essential that the Member States are correctly represented within the EU would - this is what for their interests divers also because the EU has a gigantic impact on the States whether it is in their functioning or directly on the citizens Temporal and material delimitation: - In this presentation, we will obviously discuss the institutional framework of the EU, but within the framework of this session, we will focus primarily on the 2 institutions that most represent the Member States, namely the Council and the Council of Europe, without dwelling on the other institutions. Problématique: In what measures has the EU succeeded in ensuring today a system allowing for a truly effective representation of the Member States? Announcement of plan: - The construction of a qualitative representation of the Member States by the EU - The State: unit of base of the European institutional scheme - The search for an optimal representation for the Member States I. The construction of a qualitative representation of the Member States by the EU A. [...]

[...] These remarks highlight the importance of the European institutional system especially when geopolitical tensions persist." Representation of the State in the EU: Definitions: - Representation is the act of replacing someone who is not there - A State: sovereign authority organized exercising over a people on a given territory - The EU: association of sovereign states resting on a very rich institutional system aiming to correlate the interests of citizens and states Context: - The The institutions of the EU are the result of a construction today completed but which has been made progressively by the result of many treaties (cf. course). - If the initial objective was to establish a common market after the second world war, it became clear that nearly of 75 years after the objectives of the European Union go much further for it affects many areas. - That is why it is necessary to have a a solid and effective institutional framework to ensure the representativeness of member states. [...]

[...] In what measures has the EU succeeded in ensuring today a system allowing for a truly effective representation of member states? - Detailed Plan « Russia is attacking Ukraine and attacking our international system based on rules. But the multilateral system is resisting and holding up. " These are the words of President Charles Michel (President of the European Council) in the European Parliament in a speech on 29 March 2023. [...]

[...] A double representation of the Member States - Internal Representation: CDM (236 TFEU) = composed of national ministers from each EU country depending on the political domains treated. - External Representation: European Council (Article 10§2 TEU) = comprises 46 States or 800 million Europeans; composed of the Heads of State (for unitary States) or Heads of Government (for federal States) of the 27 Member States + the President of the European Council (=Charles Mitchell) + President of the European Commission; in Brussels B. [...]

[...] - Their functions and competences also: - For the Council 16§1 TUE: power of definition and coordination of policies, notably for ELSJ and for the monetary union, legislative power and budgetary power jointly with the European Parliament - For the European Council 26§1 TUE - 148 - 68 TFUE: gives the necessary impetus for the development of the EU, in particular for the Council, European Council involved in major procedures (48 to 50 TUE), appoints many senior officials of the Union or Presidents of bodies, role of arbitration between institutions (cf. course) III. The search for an optimal representation for member states A. [...]