...  by multiple worldwide sources, took over the Supreme Council of Crimea, which led to the installation of the pro-Russian Aksyonov government in Crimea, the declaration of Crimea's independence and the holding of a disputed, majorly unconstitutional referendum, that was described by BBC News reporter John Simpson as a "remarkable, quick and mostly bloodless coup d'etat". The event caused much controversy and was condemned by many world leaders, as well ... as NATO, as an illegal annexation of Ukrainian territory, in disrespect to the signing of the 1994 Budapest Memora...

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... example Ireland, that was present in the original Maastricht Treaty: ""The policy of the Union in accordance with this Article shall not prejudice the specific character of the security and defence policy of certain Member States"" (Article 17.1 of the Amsterdam Treaty). The influence of the WEU on CFSP helps the union to define defence aspects of policy, so that when a crisis does occur, help can be quick ... and within definition of the European council . Furthermore, the Amsterdam Treaty recommends co-operation between ... ...

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... in attracting inward investments into ASEAN. The main objective of ACIA is the progressive liberalization of the investment regimes of member States. As well as joint promotion of the ASEAN region 'as an integrated investment area' with priority given to manufacturing, agriculture, fisheries, the improvement of transparency and predictability of investment rules, regulations and procedures, hence attracting local and foreign investors. ACIA's drafters intended to draw on &apos ... to promote more conductive business/investment environment to South-East Asian Region. " A key feature...

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... the major challenge since the foundation (CECA and CEEA) traveling through the consolidation to 1969 and culminating with its fulness (1985-1991), due to the extension of this project toward the center and this of the continent thus also by the plurality and difference of its components. Thus we have in May of this year 2004 the countries of Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, ... any European state that respect the principles statements in the section 1 of the Art., 6 will be able to request the income as member of the European Union. .."", and without us we direct al separated ...

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... that proves intergovernmentalism as the best theory to explain the creation of the union is the rotating presidency of the European Council and the Council of Ministers. "Every six months, on the first of January and the first of July, a different country assumes the presidency of both bodies" (Dinan 238). Once again, the importance of the nation states within the union is clearly stated. It was ... but also to a European Monetary Union (EMU) as well. It was more than necessary for many of the member states to have a single currency, and even one of the main factors for it was "Notably an...

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... the Commission propos ­ing a preliminary draft budget to the CouncilEuropean Parliament plays a role in the EU's legislative and budgeting processes, and exercises general supervision over the work of the two other main EU bodies, the Council of the European Union (Council of Ministers) and the European Commission. However, the EP is not a legislative body in the traditional sense. The EP cannot ... the Commission propos ­ing a preliminary draft budget to the CouncilEuropean Parliament plays a role in the EU's legislative and budgeting processes, and exercises general supervision over ...

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... the excessive deficit procedure from the Treaty. The pact adds definitions to terms such as "exceptional and temporary" and specifies the timeline for the excessive deficit procedure. It also implements a system of non-interest bearing deposits for transgression of the guidelines or non-implementation of EU recommendations and the possibility of converting these deposits into fines if satisfactory action is not taken after two years. The resolution ... . This emphasis on the budget deficit carried over into the SGP despite the fact that the rationale for the SGP was to safeguard EMU, by ...

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... nation. Economic growth geared bilateral commerce relations, while economic and political crisis lead to international isolation and delayed the integration processes. After the Second World War, integration assumed concrete form in plans of varying degrees of success, the Central American Common Market, the Latin American Free Trade Agreement, and the Andean Pact, to list some. Since the 1980s, integration schemes have developed with greater force, perhaps ... encouraged by the formation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which in 1994 added Mexico as ... ...

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... patient in Ireland with medical insurance can rely upon EU law to pay for hospital treatment in France only if given authorization from the health board in Ireland and meeting all the eligibility requirements of France. The requirements that apply in each member state do not deal with entitlement to services in that country nor do they require any country to provide ... is covered initially by the member state providing it but that state is refunded by the home state after or during the treatment, depending on the status of the illness. Upon authorization of the home state and member st...

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... WTO remains an intergovernmental organization and is in much respect the instrument of the individual members" . In order to emphasize the critical importance of each member's will, she relies on a comparison of the processes of decision-making between the European Council and the General Council of the WTO. But the history of the liberalization of the International Trade System also bears witness to the intergovernmental character of the WTO. Farrell notes ... that "The international trading system was liberalized through the process of multilateral negotiation of tariff barriers with ...

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... Employees must not misuse organizations" resources or influence, or discredit their good name and reputation. The effectiveness of this policy depends in large part on the cooperation of all employees in disclosing any situations that may be contrary to the intent of the policy and the ethical standards that it expresses. With this, many organizations have established core ... public service, including himself. The objective, he said, was to ensure that the people of Kenya, both present and succeeding generations are not impoverished by the greed of a few people. Central and East Europe...

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... in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of a human person, in the equal rights of men and women in nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom."" Thus is ... stated in the preamble to the United Nations Charter, declaring the main purposes of the organization itself and setting the standards and ... result, although progress is made, it is made very slowly an...

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... by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system." An alternative definition is offered by Abraham Lincoln who describes a democratic government as a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people." From a comparative politics perspective, with the EU regarded as a political system, these definitions would suggests that to be a democratic political system, ... court held that the Council had failed to strike a balance between the publics need for information and the need for confidentiality, has helped reduced the transparency. Despite efforts such as the Gua...

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