European Council

Introduction To fully appreciate the position of the European Council within the European Union we first took a brief look at how the European Union came about. The European project first started soon after the second world with the creation of the ECSC (European Coal and Steel Community) to harmonise relations between the Nations of Europe and to prevent any further conflicts of the scale of the wars that had preceded its creation. The new spirit of cooperation aimed to bring about a new era of

1. The European Commission presented a proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on April 26, 2006 regarding criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights. After much discussion, the Council of Ministers adopted Directive XZY/07 by qualified majority on June 20, 2007. According to the Commission, the legal basis for the proposed Directive was former Article 95 EC (now Article 114 EUFT). The Commission sought to establish a harmonized

President of the European Council Herman von Rompuy and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton? The answer to this question is very debatable. Catherine Ashton obtains many functions, the most known is that she is the High representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security policy. But she is also the First Vice President of the European Commission and has many other duties such as chairing the Foreign Affairs council and

delegation in most countries around the world. The commission consists of one commissioner from each country that is 28 commissioners in total. The commission’s president is elected by the government of member states after consultation with the European Parliament (Step4All Consortium, 2014). In addition, each member state’s government should elect commissioners. However, it is up to the parliament either to approve or refuse each commissioner’s appointment. One term of the commissioner that includes

economic cooperation. The first and probably, most disputed impediment is the EU 's arms embargo to China, since the Tienanmen protests in 1989. The European Council imposed the arms embargo, along with a suspension of military cooperation, on China as a result of the cruel suppression of the pro-democratic demonstrations in Tienanmen square. However, the Council is not clear to the EU member-states about the exact terms of the embargo, leading to misinterpetations by many member-states as to how to handle

The Council of the European Union (EU) and the European council are both institutions of the EU. They have varying roles that are sometimes shared to fulfil duties within the EU that crucial to its functioning properly. The European Council defines the direction and the priorities of the EU, it is formed from heads of state and/or the government of a member state combined with its President and the President of the Commission. The Council of the EU represents the member states’ governments and

Perspective Power shift in the Council of the European Union: A mathematical Explanation to the Amendment Treaties Tut07 Group C Group Members: Li Yanxue 3035140005 Lin Chaohan 3035142120 Luo Mengjin 3035116913 Wang Jing 3035140665 December 4, 2014 Abstract The European Union is run on a sophisticated system based on a hierarchical structure. Relative political powers of member states in the Council of the Euro- pean Union, an important legislative institution in the European Union, are of interest to

whole. By envisioning a better future individual rose up, advocated ideas, and policies that they believed would help in advancing their countries. For the purpose of this course, let us discuss the uprising of the Russian government and the European Council; both as single entities have their own goals, but collectively they seek to benefit their country(‘s) and promote prosperity, but through history and the changes of power has that aim been reached? Or if it is already has reached it, will these

There is empirical evidence that the European Union did have legislative preparation for an emergency such as the current migrant crisis, however the question is; what is wrong with the European Union provisions? This chapter will chronological analyse the history of the provision for ‘migrants’ protection in Europe and where it has gone wrong in relation to the current ‘migrant’ crisis. It will also discuss the establishment of the European Union border protection Agency (FRONTEX) and its inability

help the Libyan civilians: developmental, economic, military, diplomatic, political, and humanitarian. From March to October 2011, the Crisis Platform was convened at regular intervals to ensure the coherence of the EU response to the Libyan crisis (European Union