Irel Of Europe-Exam 1

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primus inter pares

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refers to the president of the european commisson, who is a primus inter pares (first among equals) bc he has no more powers than another member of the college

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transparency

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eu citizenship does not trump national citizenship

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Cabinet

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5-7 advisers for a particular commissioner in the college (in the Commission)

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commission

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27 commissioners - 1/member state, each with a portfolio, can be disbanded by the EP with a "vote of no confidence", "european perspective", commissioners supposed to support EU ideals rather than national objectives

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european temple vs tree

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temple = mix of intergovernmentalism and supranationalism -- 3 pillars

tree - more loss of sovereignty, EU with "branches"

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European Coal and Steel Community

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est. by Schumann declaration, economic union - 6 countries

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europe à la carte

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un-uniform method of integration which wuold allow memeber states to select policies - pick and choose

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assent

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legislative procedure in which the council must first obtain the European parliament's assent before certain import decisions can be made

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codecision

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a complicated 3-stage decision-making procedure that involves both the EU council and the EP in making european legislation, thereby enhancing the role of the parliament in the legislative process

introduced under maastricht treaty

codecision= joint by EP and council

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comitology

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refers to the network or procedures of committees designed to oversee the agreement of implementing measures taken by the EU exec bodies

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consensual

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type of decision-making which involves the agreement of all, even where this is not formally a requirement

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constructive abstention

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abstain in the council without blocking unanimous agreements - no logner a veto

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constructivism

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politics effected by ideas as much as by power (silent revolution in men's minds) - fundamental structure of politics is social

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cooperation procedure

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allows the EP a second reading of draft legislation, est by SEA, rarely used since amsterdam bc of codecision

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core europe

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more integrationalist-minded countries could "leave-behind" less supranationally minded countries

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Variable geometry

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image of EU - forsees breakdown of unified cooperation and an introduction of "pick and choose" integration (core europe, etc)

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democratic deficit

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loss of democracy caused by the transfer of pwrs to european institutions and to member state execs arising out of integration, representative institutions null

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Differentiation

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idea that subsets of member states might engage in integration projects not involving all members of the EU

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directives

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legislative, specify the aims to be achieved but leave question of how to achieve them to national govts

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dirigisme/interventionist

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govts involve themselves in economic regulation rather than leaving it to the market

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ECB

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european central bank, est 1999, resp for monetary policy in the eurozone

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ECSC

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european coal and steel community, 1951, six states, treaty of paris, pooling of authority in steel and coal industries

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paris treaty

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ECSC established, 1951

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eurosceptic

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someone opposed to integration, europessimists, (realists, intergovtlists)

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federalism

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ideological position implying everyone can be satisfied by combining natonal and regional/territorial interests in a complex web of checks and balances btw central govt and multiplicity of regional govts - federal state of europe

spinelli

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finalité politique

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"end" of integration process - as of yet unknown

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functional spillover

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neofunctionalists, integration on one sector provokes integration in another

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infringement proceedings

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ECJ, court case after a breach of european law. break it again = fines

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intergovernmental (cooperation)

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cooperation involving sovereign states, govt to govt w/o extensive involvement of supranational actors

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intergovernmentalism

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privileges the state in integration

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liberal intergovernmentalism

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andrew moravcsik's revision of intergovernmentalism

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jean monnet

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one of the founders of the European integration project

driving force behind 1950 schumann plan leading to est of ECSC w/ the treaty of paris in 1951

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multi-speed europe

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differentiated integration - common objectives are pursued by a group of member states able and willing to advance further than others in the integration process

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neo-functionalism

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integration as an incremental process, involving spillover of integration in one sector to others, ultimately leading to some kind of political community (closet federalists, willing to wait)

mitrany, haas...

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neo-realism

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states will want to maintain independence, but if integration promotes their survival/serves their ends, they will cooperate

as opposed to tradl realism whereby states are staunchly anarchic

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nice treaty

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treaty revision agreed at nice in 2000, ratified in 2002

institutional reforms, enlargement of union in 2004

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pillars

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pillar one: european comission
pillar 2: foreign and security policy
pillar 3: formerly justice and home affairs, now police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters

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qmv

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qualified majority voting: system of voting in the EU council, certain number of votes per member state based on size...has increased gradually with successive treaties

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schengen

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1985 agreement to creat a broder-free european community, incorporated into the EU in 1997 (amsterdam)

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SEA

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single european act, 1986, vehicle for single market

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single market

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unified internal EU market, free of national barriers to trade. included in the Rome Treaty, but later implicated/completed

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sovereignty

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condition where states are not subj to any higher authority, surpreme, unrestricted pwr

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spinelli

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italian, federalist, ventotene manifesto

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supranationalism

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that which is above the national level - instutions, policies, particular form of cooperation, autonomy of eu institutions, importance of common european politics (supranational govts)

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treaty of rome

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1957, established the EEC (european economic community) and EURATOM

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treaty on european union (maastricht)

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1993 - introduced a range of institutional and policy reforms, including the three EU pillars

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troika

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threesome of countries: current president, forthcoming president, and past - in CFSP, commission

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treaty of rome

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1957
-EURATOM

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Action of annulment

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eliminate member state from union after repeated judicial review

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Judicial activism

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potential abuse by the ECJ of vague treaty points to exploit and expand power

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Judicial review

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after infringement point has been addressed if member state doesnt "change their ways" - fines, sanctions

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Court of first instance

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helps case load of ECJ