Politics of the European Union Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Politics of the EU Exam Questions With Complete Solutions European Coal and Steel Commission- Treaty of Paris 1950 European Economic Commission, EURATOM- Treaty of Rome 1957 - Correct Answer Original European Communities Political reasons for the creation of the original communities - Correct Answer Peace project to prevent another war from tearing apart the continent Work together to gain more power in an increasingly bipolar cold war era Economic reasons for the creation of the orig...

European Union Exam With Complete Solutions European Union - Correct Answer an organization whose goal is to unite Europe so that goods, services, and workers can move freely among member countries Requirements to be in European Union - Correct Answer No death penalty, same monetary system, common body of legislature, secular Euro - Correct Answer the basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999) Why integrate into EU - Correct Answer European count...

politics of the EU midterm Exam With Correct Answers What are the different forms of political organization? - Correct Answer state, international organization, and regional integration integration association define a state - Correct Answer a free-standing entity with territory, sovereignty, independence, and legitimacy define an international organization - Correct Answer a body that allows and encourages cooperation among states or state-based bodies, founded on voluntary cooperati...

Politics of the European Union Questions With Complete Solutions Why should we care about the EU? - Correct Answer - Increases employment opportunities after graduation - Understand the politics of technocracy - Pursue an intellectual fascination with a polity-in-the-making What has the EU succeeded in producing and what are the caveats to this idea - Correct Answer - The EU has managed to make war between European Union members outside of the realm of possibility --> Has created, af...

Politics of the European Union Exam 1 With Complete Solutions European Commission - EU, Administrative and executive arm, cover laws/budget/trade Council of Ministers - STATES, Intergovernment body, ministers representing each state, in charge of laws European Parliament - PEOPLE, Only group directly elected, shares powers with the ministers over laws, multi-national parties European Court of Justice - LAW, Constitutional court, treaties/issues with laws, one judge for each state Wh...