European Parliament

There are many different types of systems of government around the world. In the past there have been monarchy’s with rules who had absolute power, and some who had to share power with other nobles. Power is one of the biggest need people have. For example, the French King was so powerful that the country saw a lot of violence when trying to becomes a state and democratize. So looking at the differences between parliamentary, presidential and semi-presidential system the power of the leader…

According to a poll on National Citizens Coalition, 49.3% of the population who voted agreed that the Senate should be abolished (44% voted “…elected and held accountable”; 6.7% voted “…should be left as is”) (National Citizens Coalition). These are the options that are available for what we should do with the Canadian Senate. The number one view for what should be done with the senators is to get rid of them. This would not be done easily. In order to abolish the Canadian Senate every province…

The Senate is most likely the least appreciated and most unknown of our national political institutions. Its work attracts neither the interest of the media, the sympathy of the politicians, nor even the curiosity of public. How paradoxical is that, very few Canadians have an understanding of the history, role, and operations of the Senate, and yet everyone seems to have an opinion on the establishment. Many Canadians are asking themselves whether we might be better off without the Senate. Over…

Is the Senate simply a waste of institutional space? Or is it an opportunity to make a change that is long overdue? An expense scandal involving several senators in December of 2012 sparked a political debate with regards to the future of the Senate of Canada. Most will agree that the Senate is a thoroughly flawed institution, however the pros and cons of each proposition should be weighed before any action is taken. After presenting each of the proposed options regarding what decision is to be…

Major proponents of interest group activity within the European Union claim that interest groups have a great potential of helping to diminish the (real or perceived) democratic deficit amongst the Union and its citizens (Eising 2008). The capacity of the interest groups to represent the will of the citizens is a positive quality of interest group activity that cannot be understated. As most citizens have a primary priority for tending to the details of their everyday lives, activities and…

the British people voted by referendum to join the European Economic Community. But that wasn’t too fair a referendum now, was it? You see, the British people only gave input to join an economic community which has since transformed to the European Community, and now the European Union without the consent of the British people. Since our admittance to the EU, our right to self-govern has slowly dwindled away. Right now, for example, the European Union makes 75% of our laws. They tell us who we…

Is based in Westminster in London, it consists of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. It is responsible for deciding how the country is run. They set taxes and decide what to spend public money on. They also decide how to distribute public services such as: • Police and armed services • National Health Service • Welfare benefits • UK energy supply People in the House of Lords are not elected. Some people in the House of Lords are hereditary peers so they have inherited that role and…

Student Number: 16164091 Module Name: Comparative European Politics Module Code: PO4023 Lecturer: Rory Costello Introduction: The majority of European states are run in accordance with the principles of parliamentary government. These principles consist of a set of institutions and behaviour patterns that give an important task to political parties. A parliamentary election is an election to select the members of a national parliament . Elections are essential for…

argued, Parliament can make or unmake any law; and, secondly, no person or body can legislate on behalf of Parliament. The first limb of this definition entails that no Parliament can bind its successors, and that where two Acts of Parliament cover the same subject matter, the later Act will impliedly repeal the earlier (the doctrine of implied repeal). Implicit in the second limb of Dicey’s definition is an important institutional dimension to the doctrine of PS. Once Parliament has…

inform the public in a appropriate manner not only about the politics at the EU level, but also how their political view is an asset to Europe, and that voting is a democratic responsibility of a citizen. Also, the concept of European citizenship should be fortified with an European identity of a collective sense and not an oppressive…