... is not a legislative body in the traditional sense. The EP cannot initiate legislation; that right rests solely with the Commission, which functions as the EU's executive and guarantor of the EU treaties.The Council, the EU's main decision-making body comprised of ministers from the national governments, enacts legislation based on Com ­mission proposals, after it consults with the Parliament. The role of the European Parliament in the legislative process has expanded steadily ... is not a legislative body in the traditional sense. The EP cannot initiate legislation; that right rests s...

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... a fully integrated economy that can compete in the global arena. The ASEAN is the most elaborate and longstanding arrangement promoting economic integration in Asia yet it is far less institutionalized than the European Union (EU). As a response to the increasing global competition, the ASEAN leaders sought to enhance their economies by the formation of an agreement. Thus, with its ... comprehensive, balanced, and improved features they formed the ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement (ACIA). ACIA is an ASEAN's ... with a free flow of investment, which established basic principles b...

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... dimensions and economic and political consequences for the present international order. The fifth enlargement of the European Union supposes 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. ... "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. ....

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... its internationally recognized borders" Effects of Crisis The crisis has had many effects, both domestic and international. According to an October 2014 estimate by the World Bank, the economy of Ukraine contracted by 8% during the year 2014 as a result of the crisis. Economic sanctions imposed on Russia by western nations contributed to the collapse in value of the Russian rouble, and the resulting Russian financial crisis. The war in Donbass caused a coal shortage ... in Ukraine, as the Donbass region had been the chief source of coal for power stations across ... ...

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... (or structural) budgetary position. As is well known, despite the five convergence criteria included in the Maastricht criteria, the main emphasis for EMU membership was placed on the budget deficit criteriona of 3 percent of GDP, partly because of the softening of the debt criteriona of 60 percent of GDP by the addition of a supplemental clause in Maastricht that allowed for attainment of ... member states. 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 providing some elementary coordination of fisca...

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... of Communism. Clive Archer, an authored political scientist states: By March 1994, the EU Council of Ministers had agreed to hold annual meetings between the EU presidency, the Commission president and the leaders of the European Agreement states, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia twice yearly meetings were also to be held on the subjects of justice and home matters such as terrorism and human rights ... is to settle international disputes based on international treaties and standards that have been accepted by the international community. It has a dual...

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... area making it easier to understand certain values for the best policy towards peace. The CFSP was a monumental movement by the EU to restrict conflict and tension that could potentially threaten the stability and existence of Europe and the longer-term strategy of sustained peace and integration. This centralises itself upon on the belief that "together we are strong", the idea behind European foreign policy. As part of this ... has come forth as one of the partners of the global coalition against terrorism. The EU action has focused on those areas where it can provide added value over a...

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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 requirements for their organizations ... be made by everyone in the public service, including himself. The objective, he said, was to ensure that the people of Kenya, both present and succeeding generations are not imp...

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... Regulation 1408/71, an individual from one member state is eligible for medical treatment on the same basis as nationals in another member state if authorized by the competent institution in his/her own state (Comhairle). However, there are no harmonized rules throughout the EU regarding medical services because each member state is entitled to their own conditions ... establish his or her entitlement to the treatment. The issue of Form E112 implies a commitment by the health board to pay the cost of treatment. The cost of such treatment is covered initially by the member state providing...

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... political union. To make this possible, a series of treaties were developed by the member nation states. Treaties like the Amsterdam and Maastricht treaties that during the evolution of the foreign and defense policies of the European Union, the main concern was also to build a union not only seen as an "Economic giant on the one hand and a political pygmy on the other" (Nugent 447), but to have a union with considerable international ... " (Nugent 449). Another example that proves intergovernmentalism as the best theory to explain the creation of the union is the rotating presidency of ...

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... , transport and communications, and any others they may agree on, in order to ensure free competition between member states; and The commitment by the member states to make the necessary adjustments to their laws in pertinent areas to allow for the strengthening of the integration process. The Asuncion Treaty is based on the doctrine of the reciprocal rights and obligations of the member states. MERCOSUR initially targeted free-trade zones, then customs ... unification and, finally, a common market, where in addition to customs unification the free movement of manpower ... ...

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... questionable at best. The College of Commissioners (the "core executive" ), and the directorate-general, which make up the decision making body within the Commission, are not appointed by the people but by national government. One must therefore question the grounds by which appointments are made, and its effect on the proclamation of the EU Treaty that "The members of the Commission shall, in the general interests of the Community, be completely independent in the performance of their duties ... ." Prodi, the Commission's President, who verbalised the issue of ""European democracy and ...

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... . Farrell understands that the contradiction between the guiding principles of the WTO on the one hand -which is supposed to be a model of trade liberalization- and the principles governing the functioning of the EU on the other hand -that is to say regional integration. Yet, the degree of integration within the WTO leads Farrell to analyze in a different manner the effects of the liberalization entailed by the WTO on both the political and the legal functioning of the EU. Farrell ... recalls that the WTO "was charged with the responsibility of liberalizing and managing the international...

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