Council of the European Union

There is the constant issue of of UN members that purposefully create weak UN institutions and regulations in order to further their vested interests. Michael Glennon remarks in his article, Why the Security Council Failed, upon this criticism arguing that geopolitics and the UN’s structure are purposely lax. Glennon argues that the UN members that enforce sanctions and regulations purposefully keep the UN weak, as the strict enforcement of regulations and sanctions…

Ireland as a state is a member of many international organisations, including the United Nations and the Council of Europe. The state is also a party to many international treaties and conventions. However, even though these agreements have been signed and acknowledged, they have no legal force within the state. The reason for this is because Ireland takes a dualist approach to international law. Monism and dualism are theories describing the relationship between international law and domestic…

Question: Does globalization diminish the role of the modern-nation state in favour of international institutions? Word Count: 1,855 Globalization may be conceived as the increasing interconnectedness of the world, creating an ever shrinking global community. Innovative technologies allow people to communicate and materials to be transported at never-before-seen speeds, with ever-decreasing costs. Hence, globalization should naturally limit state 's power; it reduces state revenues, while…

The migration system with the European Union is quite a simple arrangement; Treaties, Directives and Regulations are put into place for European Union (EU) citizen members. If you are not a European Union citizen then the system becomes more complex with boundaries for entry. European law is the highest form of law within the EU, for example it will overpower British Acts of Parliament. If you are a citizen of a member state that is a member of the European Union then you will be allowed…

five permanent members of the UN Security Council, one of the founding members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a member of the G8 and a member of the European Union, despite it cautious approach to the issue of European integration. David Cameron is a British politician who was Prime Minister of the UK took a range of measures to reduce the fiscal deficit, including a 26% reduction in the contribution of the central government to local councils by 2015, a 24% reduction of the…

countries, such as Portugal, Ireland, Spain and Italy. The fear exited that these weak countries will also not receive the required financial support and default too. Which made the situation in Greece extreme in comparison to other economically weak European countries is that only Greece had both high fiscal deficit and high debt (324 Name?). Foreign investors came to a consensus that Greece will not be able to sustain its financial responsibilities because the debt was so significant it would…

Word Count: 2,117 Globalization is the process of increasing the interconnectedness of the world, creating an ever-shrinking global community. Innovative technologies allow people to communicate and materials to be transported at never-before-seen speeds, with ever-decreasing costs. Hence, globalization naturally limits state 's power; it reduces state revenues, while consolidating political power in international institutions. Such institutions stand as more capable and comprehensive political…

The European Union (EU) is a politico-economic union composed initially by 9 countries, but it has increased that number to 28 and is in the process of accepting more. This entity has as its purpose to promote of peace and the well-being of the Union’s citizens as well as to create a barrier- free zone to enhance the economic wealth of the countries that are members by creating efficiency within its marketplace. The EU has its headquarters located in Brussels- Belgium. The United Kingdom has…

obligations before registering. Greek VAT is similar to the rest of Europe, and is based on the EU VAT Directive. The most common examples of scenario for VAT registration are: • First-time importing goods to European countries via Greece • Intra-community sales or purchases of goods from other European Union states • Buying and reselling the goods within the Greek territory • Maintaining a consignment stock in Greece that used to hold goods prior to resale locally. • Sales in Greece over the…

In March of this past year, Turkey has made a pact with the European Union on how to handle the Syrian refugee crisis. In the recent agreement made with the EU, all recent refugees that have arrived in an EU state will be deported back to Turkey and must start the process to enter the EU from there. For every refugee that is sent back to Turkey, one will be allowed into the EU (European Commission, 2016). This process was made in order to ensure a safer route for refugees…