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The Lisbon Earthquake ARCH 2502 - Contemporary Urbanism & Landscape Assignment – Year 2 Áine Gavin At 9:40 a.m. on November 1st 1755, an earthquake devastated the port city of Lisbon, Portugal, causing serious damage. In a matter of minutes, the beautiful city was reduced to debris. Also know as The Great Lisbon Earthquake, it was one of the most destructive earthquakes to hit Lisbon in the history of the country, destroying large parts of Lisbon and the Algarve. Seismologists estimate that the

The Lisbon treaty followed the disastrous Constitutional Treaty of 2004 that was rejected in referendums in France and the Netherlands. After a period of reflection, negotiations began for another treaty (Laursen, 2013:9). These negotiations continued for months, after which it was left to the Portuguese presidency to complete the Treaty, and thus the Treaty became known as the Lisbon Treaty. It was signed in Lisbon on 13 December 2007, but only entered into force on 1 December 2009 following ratification

INTRODUCTION The implementation of the Lisbon Treaty gave rise to the European Parliament becoming a key participant in the field of European Criminal Justice. Since the 1990s the European Union has been gradually constructing a framework of measures designed to enhance the cooperation between Member States in the area of criminal investigations and prosecutions. A fundamental aim of the EU is to construct an area of freedom justice and security without internal boundaries, and with full respect

rational cooperation within low politics while the nation states are less willing to give up their sovereignty in high politics (thus indicating intergovernmentalist nature). So what did the Lisbon treaty in fact change? In addition to reaffirming the procedural hurdles of the Amsterdam Protocol, the Lisbon treaty strengthened the political safeguards of federalism by involving the national parliaments as “watchdogs of subsidiarity”. According to Article 6, each national parliament may, within eight

b) Institutional framework after the Lisbon Treaty Institutionally, the EU does not have a strict and clear-cut separation of powers across its legislative and executive powers. This balance is therefore limited and guaranteed by the power of the judiciary: the ECJ. The 2007 Lisbon Treaty had the intention of ‘supranationationalisng’ the EU through institutional reforms after the failure of the Constitutional project. Yet, many elements, and of the treaty suggest that it has shifted the EU towards

Lisbon Portela Airport (IATA: LIS, ICAO: LPPT) is located 4.5 miles from city center of Lisbon, Portugal. Lisbon Airport is an international airport that has grown over the years fortifying the gateway to Europe, South America and Africa. The airport has two runways: runway 03-21 (148ft x 12484ft) and runway 17-35 (148ft x 7874ft). Lisbon Airport has two terminals, the main terminal: terminal 1, and terminal 2, where most of low cost carriers operate. The airport serves as a hub for TAP

In order to look at whether the institutional changes from the Lisbon Treaty have been able to reduce the democratic pressure and if after these changes does the European Union still lack democratic accountability. We shall look at all the main insinuations and discuss the changes that were brought in and how these may have or haven’t contributed to make the union free form its democratic pressure. The Lisbon Treaty was signed by the member states on the 13 of December 2007, it amended the existing

On 13 December 2007, the European heads of government signed the Lisbon Treaty, which was designed to make the European Union (EU) “more democratic , more transparent and more efficient” (BBC) after twelve new members have been added in 2004 and 2007. Before the treaty could enter into force, it had to be ratified by all EU members. This essay will summarize the Lisbon Treaty and the governmental and democratic consequences it will have on the EU decision making. It intends to state that Europe

claimant has satisfied a certain criteria, in a process known as standing. If the court grants standing to the private party, then the government decision being challenged may be subject to judicial review. Article 263 TFEU Before the Treaty of Lisbon (ToL) reforms, the rules on requiring standing have been restrictive in cases where the claimant isn 't being specifically addressed by the measure in question. An individual would be required to establish ‘direct and individual concern’ to challenge

erm paper: 'To what extent have the reforms introduced by the Lisbon Treaty solved the institution problems of the EU? ' Introduction: The paper concentrates on the current condition of the popularity based deficiency in the European Union after the institutional changes that have been presented by the Lisbon Treaty. The key issue that is analysed is whether the methodology of democratization and the changes gave by the Lisbon Treaty have reacted to the popularity based requests of the subjects