Essays about: "European Union as a federal state"

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  1. 1. Peace-, State- and Trust Building in Practice : The implementation of the New Deal TRUST principles and international peacebuilding engagements in the Somali Region

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Rebecca Lindqvist; [2018]
    Keywords : Peacebuilding; Statebuilding; Trust Building; the Somali region; The New Deal; International Engagements;

    Abstract : Referred to as a graveyard for foreign aid and simultaneously a great example for progress in terms of implementing the New Deal for Engagements in Fragile States, Somalia is recovering from a protracted war, multi-dimensional fragility and deep mistrust. This research analyses how international actors contribute to peace, state and trust building in the Somali region by implementing the New Deal TRUST principles on a national level and by engaging in the peacebuilding process in Galkacyo, Central Somalia on a local level. READ MORE

  2. 2. Fear and Loathing in the Iron Closet: The right to freedom of assembly for LGBT rights activists in the Russian Federation, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova, and the role of the Moscow Patriarchate in the invention of “gay propaganda” legislation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Simon Andersson; [2018]
    Keywords : public international law; human rights; human rights law; echr; ecthr; european court of human rights; council of europe; european convention on human rights; lgbt rights; lgbt; lgbtq; lgbti; lgbt ; russian orthodox church; moscow patriarchate; freedom of assembly; pride; gay propaganda; moldova; ukraine; russia; russian federation; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The Iron Closet has always been deep, and although never leading to Narnia it has on occasions had the potential to be a one-way ticket to a forced labour camp. After the decline of the Soviet Union, however, the Western world rejoiced; the second parenthesis had been set out and we now lived in the main narrative again where everything ought to make sense. READ MORE

  3. 3. United States of Europe: Desired State for the European Union or Federalistic Utopia?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Ellinor Evain; [2013]
    Keywords : federalism; United States of Europe; ethnosymbolism; banal nationalism; Front National; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Due to the current return of federal aspirations among European politicians in relation to the current economic crisis and integration dead end, this thesis is interested in examining if the United States of Europe, meaning a federal union of the Member States of the European Union (EU), would be a desired state of integration or if it is still a federalistic utopia. Using the theoretical approach of federalism in combination with Critical Discourse Analysis we have analysed discourses by José Manuel Barroso and Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Guy Verhofstadt (prominent EU politicians) in an attempt to understand why the United States of Europe would be the necessary and most beneficial step to take in future integration processes. READ MORE

  4. 4. Kaliningrad Transit: Why to facilitate?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Ekaterina Kiseleva; [2011]
    Keywords : Public International Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Kaliningrad transit: Why to facilitate? As well as the title, this study is divided into two parts: the first one is about Kaliningrad transit assessed against the wide historic and socio-economic background, and the second one presents reasoning of general international law, as well as of international human rights law in favour of Kaliningrad transit facilitation. Here the Kaliningrad transit stands for the regulation of private passenger movement by rail between the Kaliningrad region and the rest of Russia via Lithuania and Belarus. READ MORE

  5. 5. The Lisbon Treaty : EU In Transition - Towards a Federal Order?

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Cecilia Synnerström; Fredrik Jonsson; [2010]
    Keywords : The Lisbon Treaty; decision-making processes;

    Abstract : The EU is changing. Why do we care? Because it is us, the citizens, that make up the Union. READ MORE