Flashcards
Eu institutions
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- 1How much member states?28 memberstates
- 2EU is based on the the rule of law.Means what?every action taken by the EU is founded on the treaties
- 3How are Treaties made?Treaties are negotiated and agreed by all EU MS and ratified by their parliaments or by referendum
- 4what are all states?All states are sovereign states-> pooled some of thier sovereignty to gain strength
- 5Pooling sovereignty?MS delegate some of their decision making powers to the shared insitutions they created -> decisions on specific matters of joint intererst can be made at European lvl
- 6When was the EU created? How many MS and Citizens now?1950- 28 MS-500 mio Citizens
- 7EU Achievements?SIngle market for goods and services, free movenment and settlement within the EU, single currency , largest supplier of development and humanitarian aid programs in the world
- 8Current EU plans?solving the economic crisis in Europe,
fight against climate change, helping neighboring countries, furhter steps towards enlargement, building a common foreign policy - 9EU is based on what?based on law- every actions taken by the EU is founded on treaties
- 10what do Treaties lay down?objectives of t the EU, rules of EU insitutions, eu decision making, relationship between MS
- 11When are treaties amended?when a new member joins or when reforms of EU insitutions and its responsibilities are necessary
- 12Where are ealier treaties incoporated ?current consildated version comprises the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
- 13What kind of process is used for Treaty-making?intergovernmental process-> Commisions and EP lack influence
- 14The role of Commissiion during IGC meetings?present during all IGC's but doesnt enjoy the same negotiating statues as MS
- 15Role of EP during IGC?EP even more disadvantaged- does not fully participate in all IGC meetings
- 16Key actors of IGC?representatives of governments, unanimity required
- 17Who starts a treaty making process?with a decision by the Euroepean Council to establish an IGC
- 18What it the order of the EU Treaties?Treaty of Paris, Treaties of Rome, Single European Act, Treaty on European Union (TEU)-Maastricht Treaty, Treaty of Amsterdam, treaty of NIce,
Treaty of Lisbon - 19Treaty of Paris?Established the European Coal and Steel Community, Signed in Paris 18April 1957,
Entered force in 1952,
Expired 2002 - 20Treaties of Rome?Established the European Economic COmmunity (EEC) and the European Atomic Community (Euratom)
signed in Feb, 1986
Entered force in 1987 - 21treaty on European Union (TEU) maastricht treatyEstablished European Union, gave Parliament more in decision making and added new policy areas of coopration
Signed in Maastricht on February 1992
Entered force 1993 - 22Treaty of AmsterdamAmended previous Treaties
Signed on 2 Oct. 1997
Entered force in 1999 - 23Treaty of NiceStreamlined the EU insitutional System so that it could continue to work efficiently after the new wave of member staes joined 2004
Sigend on 26 Feb, 2001
Entered force 2003 - 24Treaty of LisbonSimplified working methods and voting rules, cresated a President of the European Council and introduced new structures with a view to making the EU a stronger actor in the global stage
signed 13 Dec 2007
Entered force in 2009