Lithuania Case Study

The European Union (EU) is a unique economic and political partnership between 28 different countries. It consists of about half a billion citizens, and its combined economy represents about 20 percent of the world’s total economy (Briney, 2015). Today The European Union works as a single market, with free movement of people, goods and services from one country to another. There is a standard system of laws to be followed, and since 1999 many countries share a single currency called the Euro (Europa.eu, 2015). This essay will explore the background history of the European Union and the benefits and drawbacks of the European Union.

Since 1950 European Union (EU) was created it has promoted peace, prosperity and values among the member nations and its neighbouring countries. EU’s influential tools, has helped transform many European states into functioning democracies and prosperous countries. EU’s membership has grown from 6 to 28 countries (Enlargement, 2014), satisfying a historic vow to integrate the continent bringing in most states of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) by peaceful ideals.EU has anticipated the enlargement as an extraordinary opportunity to endorse political strength and economic success in Europe. EU’s extension policy is open to any European state that fulfils the EU’s political and financial criteria for membership; still the political process of inclusion of new state requires a unanimous agreement from all the existing 28 member states. Europe is considered to be more flourishing and safer place due to the promotion of democracy, anti-corruption policy and the single market policy.

This speech by the President of Poland, President Donald Tusk, focuses on his views on the necessity for greater unity among the European nations. He brings up the history of of his home along with his personal history of living behind the iron curtain and how his experience of living under the communist regime strengthens his idea of a guaranteed freedom for all. He says that only through unity can Europe oppose totalitarianism and the restriction of freedom.

“The Hungarian nation is not a simple sum of individuals, but a community that needs to be organized, strengthened and developed, and in this sense, the new state that we are building is an illiberal state, a non-liberal state.” Orban’s bold statements are slowly becoming a reality, alarming the Western countries and most of Europe. After a history of communist influence and authoritarian rule, Hungary’s democratic consolidation in the late 20th century had been considered a huge success. They had a strong government and stable economy, and was one of the forerunners for the European Union. The expectation was that joining the European Union would consolidate liberal democracy in Hungary. However, shortly after Hungary became a part of the

This hazard came after the government of Poland had reorganized the voting requirements of the Constitutional Court and altered the structure of the nation’s media outlets. The majority ruling party within Poland, the Law and Justice Party, also raised moral questions among other EU member states by establishing new government appointed leaders to the public television and broadcasting agencies. This new change in judicial processes and media control has led many members of the European Union to question both the democracy and corruption within the Polish government and to determine if the new policies have infringed on the EU’s values and morals. Therefore, these recent political fluctuations have lead me to ask what powers does the EU have to influence a member countries media and court institutions, why has the EU become worried about Poland, and in which ways will the EU attempt to sanction Poland for their alterations? This research paper will elaborate on Poland’s recent political changes. It will then analyze how Poland’s changes have raised controversy with the European Union and why the EU was concerned. Lastly, the research will demonstrate which institutions in the EU have jurisdiction over such a conflict, and how the European Union will attempt to nullify Poland’s voting rights within the EU.

In dealing with current EU hot button topics, solutions are as many and varied as there are countries in the European Union itself. There are many aspects to a countries point of view on such issues including location, history, economy, political outlook, and so on. Because of these influences countries sharing similar histories, locations, economic standings, and etc. band together to create voting blocs in order to get their agendas pushed forward. This paper will discuss the viewpoints of Albania, Bulgaria, and Romania with respect to the refugee crisis and the Eurozone crisis as related by several meetings of representatives from each country. After reading this briefing, Bulgaria citizens should be aware of our country’s feelings

My thesis for this paper is that Hungary’s foreign policy views on the migration crisis that currents exists throughout Europe is very drastic. These policies can also been seen as a direct reflection of the extremist nationalist views of Viktor Orbán (the current President of Hungary) and his right-wing party, Fidesz. This concept shows how the personality and psychology of an individual leader can affect a state’s foreign policy. This extremist view, as shown by Hungary, is spreading across Europe. This then brings into question a lot of European Union standards, and may even cause the downfall and collapse of the Schengen Agreement. The international

Wednesday September 13, a cold and ominous fog was present in Strasbourg, a mood antithetical to the mood in the European Parliament. A mood that had been missing for many years, a sense of optimism and hope. As President of the European Commission this new sense of optimism for the European project gave this year’s State of the European Union address a weight that had not been seen in too long. It is no secret that in 2016 Europe was battered and bruised to its very foundation. The forces trying to destroy the EU seemed unstoppable but it is said that times of extreme crisis bring about the greatest change because people are most persuaded to act swiftly and decisively. For the EU in 2016 there was no shortage of crises, whether it be

This is primarily because of two reasons. Firstly, once outside the EU, a financial services firm based in the UK would have to apply for a license for each EU nation (BBA, 2017). However, this can be difficult as licenses are not available in multiple EU nations, and the licenses given are only limited to one country at a time (BBA, 2017). Secondly, since no nations outside Europe have equivalent provisions within their FTAs with the EU, many financial services firms from non-EEA nations have accessed the SEM through the UK (HM Treasury, 2016). Because of these reasons, the UK government should attempt to re-join the EFTA and EEA, as the passporting system has been extended to cover financial services firms that are based in EEA nations (BBA, 2017). It is also argued that joining the EFTA and EEA would be beneficial for both the UK government and their domestic businesses, as it would help create and facilitate new jobs while also reducing the costs associated with EU trade (Randwyck, 2011).

The United Kingdom has demonstrated good economic resilience with effective rule of law, an open trading environment, and a well-developed financial sector (“United Kingdom,” n.d). It has been a growing economy over the years and continues to stay stable. A country who has been consistent with economic growth can bring plenty of opportunities and challenges too. Firms in the United Kingdoms have faced a few uncertainties this year. In a survey of 1,000 companies, they found that thirty-two percent of the surveyed to expect the economy to pose the biggest risk to their business this year which also give a political uncertainty due to a referendum on the United Kingdom membership of the European Union (Cancian, 2016). Even though it was not a large percentage who were not

The purpose of this research is to discover the main challenges facing the EU in the near future, by showing the economic and legal problems that the EU will face. These problems include how migration, bailouts and terrorism affect the EU economically. Furthermore it will look at anti-EU sentiments around Europe, which has appeared to spread across rapidly, due to Euro Crises. Moreover, the Legal problems that the EU will face, such as: the process of obtaining EU citizenship enabling migration and cultural clashes, whilst also looking at the statute that enables free movement of goods and people, resulting in mass immigration and the European Convention on Human Rights. This paper will evaluate EU principles that affect the UK constitution, such as the European Convention on Human Rights, the Costa v ENEL (1964) CMLR 425 case being evidence proving that the EU will face challenges concerning its law being more superior than national law, Van Gend en loos (1963) ECR 1. Where a similar principle was set and the “two-speed Europe”, which, is the idea that different member states should integrate at different levels, as it is believed that the more member states in the EU the harder it is to find a consensus amongst difficult agendas, making the EU law very inconsistent. It will be related it back to the question of ‘what are the main challenges facing the EU in the near future?’

Lithuania has had a very prosperous couple of decades after gaining its independence from Russia in 1990. In the year of 2004 alone, it gained membership in both NATO and the European Union. Lithuania has always been under watch from Russia and that grew further when Lithuania joined both NATO and the EU. Lithuania is a total of 25,212 square miles with a population of 3.3 million. Languages include Lithuanian, Russian, Polish, and Belarusian. This background information is important when looking at two different leaders within the Lithuanian government that play critical roles involving the European Union. Those leaders are Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and Minister of Economy Mindaugas Sinkevičius. The background information is

The European Union (EU) was established in order to prevent the horrors of modern warfare, experienced by most of Europe during the World Wars of the 20th century, from ever ensuing again, by aiming to create an environment of trust with the countries of Europe cooperating in areas such as commerce, research and trade (Adams, 2001). The EU has evolved into an economic, trade, political and monetary alliance between twenty-eight European Member States. While not all Member States are in monetary union (i.e. share the currency of the euro), those that are form the ‘Euro-zone’ (Dinan, 2006). The EU can pass a number of types of legislation, with a regulation, act, or law, being the most powerful. Its ‘tricameral’ (European Union, 2007)

There are a lot of troubles, difficult questions connected with this task. Feautres of the democracy, a youth’s rebel against some democracy aspects or other problems in the European Union system. I will be considering these aspects showing simultaneously benefits and opposites of many things connected with this structure. Is EU Policy effective, are the citizents trusting it- lets start the first task.

The influence on the national economics in Latvia already can be felt, even before entering the EU. Since negotiation of European contract in 1995, there has been an intensive integration process going on in Latvia - readjustments of legislation, increasing trade with the EU countries and big amount of investments has been received from foreign investors.