European Integration

Common Agricultural Policy. The scope Europe's agricultural policy is determined at EU level by the governments of Member States and operated by the Member States; In its classic version the CAP was a system of market support based on guaranteed prices, import levies, and export subsidies; Financ...

EU budget. How the budget is financed? 99 per cent from own resources, the rest from other sources; Expenditures must be matched by revenue; Own resources are not allowed to exceed 1.23% of the EU's gross national income; Own resources: Traditional - customs duties on imports from outside the ...

History of European integration V. 1948 - the Hague - European Congress - Council of Europe has been established (1949 - London - 10 member states signed organizations' statute); 1948-51 - European Recovery Plan; 13,5

Institutional framework . The Council of the EU structure - based on specialized configurations/specialized Councils according to policy domains: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/council/cou...

Judicial politics and the ECJ Rational - choice institutionalists about the EU judicial politicus and the role of the ECJ in the integration process: Geoffrey Garret claimed that the Court will be following the wishes of those most powerful members of the EU. These states established ECJ to make s...

Regional policy of the EU. investment policy; supports job creation, competitiveness, economic growth, improved quality of life and sustainable development; expression of the EU's solidarity with less developed countries and regions; aims to reduce

Theories and concepts of European integration: Federalism Confederalism Neo-functionalism Intergovernmentalism/liberal intergovernmentalism Communication theory of K. Deutsch Theory of economic integration (B. Belassa) Federalism At least two levels of governance co-existing with each other (e.g....

Economic and Monetary Union. History: International system of monetary management (1944); P. Werner report - 3 steps plan launching EMU (1971); 1979 - Economic and Monetary System (a basket currency ECU, exchange-rate mechanism - ERM I); 1988 - J. Delors committee was established ; 1989 - J. De...

The vertical separation of powers: the EU as a federal system The EU didn't Begin life as a federal union. The EU remains primarily a limited international institution to coordinate national regulation of trade In goods and services and the resulting flows of economic factors. Its substantive scop...