European Parliament

1. The European Commission presented a proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on April 26, 2006 regarding criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights. After much discussion, the Council of Ministers adopted Directive XZY/07 by qualified majority on June 20, 2007. According to the Commission, the legal basis for the proposed Directive was former Article 95 EC (now Article 114 EUFT). The Commission sought to establish a harmonized

European Union remembrance policy This essay will analyse the policies that the European Parliament has introduced to create and endorse the notion of a common European historical memory. The main institutions that have dealt with the issue are the European Council, European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education and the Directorate-General for Internal Policies. First I shall discuss the reasons behind the necessity for a “historical memory” in the European context. I will then give

between European countries, to prevent further war occur in Europe European Union were built. In the last about sixty years the EU shows it’s potential and has the second largest parliament in the world with multiple member countries. The essay mainly focus on discuss the differences between UK parliament and European Parliament, statistics, government act, declaration and treaties will be given in order to support the opinions. Firstly, the origin and developments of the two parliaments will be

An Analysis of the Powers of the European Parliament History of the European Parliament: On the 18th April 1951 the Ministers representing France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg signed in Paris a treaty which established the European Coal and Steel Community, the ECSC was born. The most important feature of the ECSC was its supranational character, it was a supranational organization. It was aptly described as a 'quasi federation in an important economic

The role of the European Parliament in the EU decision-making process is to gradually strengthened. Initially it is only entitled to counseling and supervision. Prior to 1986, the maximum power it holds it is only right to decide on the budget, you can modify the non-mandatory budget for mandatory budget for minor changes, and formally adopted budget. 1986 “Single European Act” by the so-called “cooperative program”, making it the right to a preliminary decision of the Council 's proposed amendments

Perhaps the most critical approach to Google’s position has been the European Parliament’s quest to limit its market control. The company, which controls over 90% of searches in many European countries, has faced a number of legal challenges from the European Parliament in recent years. The European Union is known for its criticism of antitrust probes – it challenged Microsoft’s position as a market leader a few years ago. It has since turned its attention towards Google and criticised the search

individual countries to decide how. This was the case with the working time directive, which stipulates that too much overtime work is illegal.” http://europa.eu/eu-law/decision-making/legal-acts/index_en.htm In Rochelle’s case the European Union and the European Parliament adopted Directive 2012/507 (The Off-Premises Sales Contract Directive), Rochelle may seek to rely on Article 3 (subsection 1) of Directive 2012/507 that ‘member states shall ensure that customers have a period of 14 days to withdraw

The Spanish electoral system in 2015: the new playing field Introduction Although the Spanish Constitution defines the nation 's electoral system as proportional, it allows for different degrees of proportionality in the electoral law, and in practice the d 'Hont formula is the method used to convert voters into seats. Therefore, according to Duverger’s law, one would expect more than two parties playing a role in national politics. However, the Spanish political landscape has been traditionally

With the presidency established, a major discussion developed within the Constitutional Commission over the powers of the institution. There were two basic alternatives—a strong presidency with a subordinate parliament, or parliamentary supremacy with a nominal presidency. Advocates of the latter model were concerned about the centralization of power in the hands of one person. They argued that a parliamentary model with elections based on proportional representation would facilitate the development

along with the percentage of the register which is voting. The decline in EU average turnout in European Parliamentary elections from 61.99% in 1979 to 42.61% in 2014 (UK Political Info) shows how there is a serious crisis in participation as this is at such a low level, the European Parliament cannot be sufficiently held to account. This also emphasises the widespread nature of the crisis across many European