European Coal and Steel Community

After World War II, the European Cooperation was established with the initial goal of preventing future conflicts between neighboring countries and to secure peace in Europe by making the member states mutually interdependent. Common policies, the creation of a single market and the introduction of a single currency led to an expansion of the economic and political cooperation. The result of this development is today’s European Union (EU) with 28 member states.…

Abstract The European Union of today is the result of a process that began over half a century ago with the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community. From that time, a durable peace has existed in the European continent for about 70 years. As we can see from the remarkable successes of the process of European integration today is significantly affected by the legislative procedures that apply to different policy fields. In fact, there were some thorny issues and crises took place with…

Augustine a law that is not just is no law at all. As a result of this, these laws do not stay in your conscience, except at times when you need to avoid conflict because is still the law and it needs to be followed. Matthew stated, “If a man…Take away your coat, give him your cloak also; and whoever forces you to go one mile, go the second within” (Matthew 2). This quote seems to explain that if someone takes something away from you, you should give him more than what he asks for and make it…

Furat Fakhreddin Academic Skills Assignment 1 Brexit is the abbreviation of Britain and Exit and it refers to a referendum vote that took place on the 23rd of March 2016 where the public voted that the United Kingdom was to exit the European Union. The leave vote won with 51.9% of the vote . This was first initiated by the UK Independence party. They pushed for the UK to leave the EU and in recent years gained the support of conservative party’s MP’s. They argue that being an EU member…

However, the United Kingdom has throughout its tenure in the European Economic Community and European Union maintained certain level of autonomy from Continental Europe. For example, the United Kingdom has chosen to opt out of both the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the Schengen Area. Nonetheless, the most notable British exemption from the rest of European Union is its absence from the Eurozone. Of the EU nation’s currently not in the Eurozone only Denmark and the…

Imagined Community: Nationalism: • The concept of nationalism can be defined as a common identity formed between people (Okoth, 2006: 1). • Nationalism was previously viewed as an unpredictable and dangerous force (Chaterjee, 1993: 3). • Nationalism is a product of the political history of Europe (Chaterjee, 1993: 4). • CLASS QUESTION: Do you think that the Western countries had a reason to fear the phenomenon of nationalism? Imagined Community: • A nation is a socially constructed…

‘Social Exclusion’ theory can be understood through many perspectives. With its origins in France in Europe it is important that this theory be better understood and analysed as it is paramount in shaping public policy that deals with exclusionary issues impacting some of the most vulnerable people in society today. This essay will first outline the origin of this theory. It will then move on to explain the various concepts of ‘Social Exclusion’ and the resulting impact this can have in…

change the legislation that is implements. Additionally, the parliament can look into any issue unrestrained, within its jurisdiction. When it comes to parliament applying its authority, there are no sacred cows. In order to regulate fishing by European Union member states, The Common Fisheries Policy was implemented. It introduced a quota system for each of its member states. To go around this problem, some Spanish shipping vessels re-registered as British Vessels. The British government…

For the purpose of this essay it is necessary to compare the similarities and the differences between the two choose European states. The states that will be discussed are Britain and Germany. It is also essential to look at the causes and the root of the Great Depression. It is important to know the state of the countries before the Great Depression in order to learn why they seemed to experience such a detrimental effect. Finally, this essay will look at the lasting effects of the Great…

key difference between these two possible outcomes is whether or not the UK will remain a member of the EU’s single market. After separating from the EU, the most economically beneficial route would be that the UK joins the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and European Economic Area (EEA), thus remaining a member of the single market, similar to Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway. However, there are several potential barriers for this option to be successful, which makes free movement of…