... 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 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 ... bodies, the Council of the European Union (Council of Mi...

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... Asian Region. They envision a region of equitable and 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 instrument to creat...

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... or changed with a qualified majority vote of the Council. The penalties and fines in the SGP, however, are more severe than anything included in the Maastricht Treaty. The last component of the pact consists of an opinion given by the Monetary Committee during 1998 and endorsed by Ecofin in October of the same year. The opinion essentially gave the "medium term" adjustment to budgetary positions close to balance or in surplus a timeline, specifying that by the end of 2002 the adjustment ... this basis there is little evidence that an SGP is necessary, and certainly not one that embodies...

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... 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. Thus we have in May of this year 2004 the countries of Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia ... that be but negative that that of all the previous adhesions, The countries of Europe Central a...

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... 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 obvious that after seeing the economic advances that the union was achieving with the integration of other member states, like Spain for instance, who was mainly accepted into the union because of its agricultural benefits, since its "ascension would increase the EC's agricultural area by ... 30 percent and its farm workforce by 25 percent" (Dinan 106 ... ...

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The Ukrainian revolution of February 2014 (also known as the Euro-Maidan Revolution or Revolution of Dignity Ukrainian: Революція гідності) took place after a series of violent events towards protesters in the capital of Kiev that culminated with the flight and subsequent impeachment of the then-President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych. This was immediately followed by a series of changes in quick succession in Ukraine's sociopolitical system, including the formation of a new interim government, the restoration of the previous constitution, and the call ... with ...

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... Union are becoming more directly involved with the people, in ways similar but less extensively to the ECOSOC of the United Nations. The European Union also deals outside of the European continent through the Lomé Conventions, which were signed in 1975. These conventions provide the European Union with a way to deal with its colonial past, and to aid countries that were once colonized by the member states of the EU. These states are known as ... has suspended financial aid from countries that have not held democratic elections after pledging to do so. The methods used by the EDF to ach...

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... the war against corruption and has issued servants with wealth declaration forms and asserted, "Declare or quit." The President said that public servants had to declare their assets or be guilty of an offence. He said that the declaration will 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 impoverished by the ... greed of a few people. Central ... ...

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... undue delay in their home state (George). The usual procedure is that a person who is authorized to go to another member state for treatment is issued with a Form E112 to 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 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 state, patients ... ...

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... . Once I have established the meanings of democracy, democratic government and finally our understanding of the EU democratic deficit, I will show how such a deficit exists within the EU. The democratic deficit will be demonstrated by analysing the institutional set-up and consequential delegation of executive, legislative and regulatory powers within the EU. The essay will go on to question the meaning of the term "democratic deficit", with particular reference to the negative implications of the word "deficit", and how ... matched to the attitudes of the median voter. A combination of ...

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... , the degree of progress attained by national industries made it difficult for manufactured products to compete in markets of both developed and developing countries. Thus, an expansion of the market through a process of integration of the Latin American economies was considered. The formation of a common market, supplied mainly by regional industries, would provide economic solutions to many of Latin America's problems. Because of this, the first treaties of economic integration started appearing and evolving accordingly with the political ... and economic development of each nation. Ec...

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... 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 trading system" . When confronted with the regional "model of integration" that the EU embodies, the ... question arises to assess the ......

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... opposed with the challenge of incorporating a "rich tapestry" of diverse religious beliefs, cultural disparities, and the barrier of language. A generation of mobility in the labour market and the long-term effects of World War II influencing the migration of labour from the Middle East and Northern Africa into Western Europe have led to a growth of the "multi-cultural" society. However, that alone requires further qualification, by multi-cultural, I refer to the legalistic approach, and the development of a society of ethnic ... , and followed by the Franco-German War of 1870, and the t...

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