The European Court of Justice is the main governing body for the EU and enforcer of the laws over all of its member states. The functions of the European Court of Justice is to enforce Community law, to tackle disputes between member states and the European council and between the member states themselves, and also to protect the rights of all European individuals. The court consists of three courts, Court of Justice of the EU, General court and the EU civil service tribunal which are all located
Legislative power as to making sure that the rules in Treaties are being complied with and determining how EU nationals may stay in other States after they have worked there. The Commission is also responsible the budget planning for each year and the making of the agenda. The Commission has executive powers
that the European Union (EU) is a democratic institution? The EU has gone through different Treaties in order to achieve democratic legitimacy. This includes the Treaties of Amsterdam (1997), Nice (2001), the “unsuccessful” Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe (2004), and the Treaty of Lisbon (2007). The last two treaties, stirred open debates around Europe, with critics claiming that the treaties will channel a way for an unelected European super-state, while at the same time, defenders
Democracy in the European Union is as good as it could be. Nowadays democracy is sometimes assumed like pregnancy, in other words meaning that the democracy should be either present or not. However, there could be more or less democracy. In fact, much depends on what one believes should be in the scope of its definition. Furthermore, democracy is not easy to define as its boundaries are unclear. According to Oxford dictionary, democracy is a system of government in which individuals are involved
Does membership of the European Union inevitably undermine national sovereignty? Table of contents: 1) Introduction 2-3 2) Treaties 3 3) European Institutions 4-7 4) European Monetary Union 8 5) Conclusion 9 6) Appendix 10-11 7) Bibliography 12 Introduction The establishment of the European Union (EU) has its foundations of integration belonging to an economic community: the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)
in areas where it is applicable, European law supersedes any existing UK law to the contrary. Community law consists primarily of the EC Treaty and any amending legisla¬tion such as the Single European Act to which the UK acceded in 1986, the Maastricht Treaty 1992 and the Treaty of Nice 2001. However the most recent reform was introduced by the Lisbon Treaty, signed by all the members in
decision of the Council 's proposed amendments and has authority over the second reading of the draft legislation. After the signing, “Maastricht Treaty” has confirmed the above-mentioned system by the “Single European Act” established and further expand it may reject draft legislation for the Council, and to report thereon to veto the proposed legislation. The “Amsterdam Treaty” by introducing a “shared decision making” system, the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers placed in the same position
The European Union was formed after WW2 in the late 1940s. The main purpose behind the establishment of the European Union was to end the period of wars between neighbouring countries and unite all of Europe as one strong economy. The nations officially started joining the European Council in 1949. The initial six nations that acted as founding members for the European Union were Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and Netherland (European Commision, 2014). Overtime, more nations joined in
The Conservatives, on the other hand, have been against joining the Eurozone ever since negotiating an opt-out from the part of the Maastricht Treaty that would have required the UK to adopt the euro. They remain against the joining the euro, with David Cameron saying in his recent speech on Europe that “Britain is not in the single currency, and we're not going to be”. One common criticism
institutions in the EU are; The EU parliament, the Council of Ministers, the European council and the Commission. The Commission is an independent body. Its powers are found in Article 17 on the Treaty on the European Union. Each member state has 1 commissioner; this was a consequence of the Lisbon Treaty. The president of the commission allocates each commissioner with a portfolio that oversees areas such as fisheries, environment, and trade. General Commissioners are suggested by member states