Essays about: "powers of the European Commission"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words powers of the European Commission.

1. 1. Destruction or Protection? A discursive institutionalist study of the ideas behind the different responses to the Minimum wage directive in Sweden and Finland

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Niklas Hjelm; [2023]
   Keywords : Sweden; Finland; Minimum wage directive; Discursive institutionalism; ideas; discourse; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This study seeks to understand and explain why Sweden and Finland voted differently in the Council of the European Union on the proposal of a minimum wage directive. The two countries share a labor market system, based in collective bargaining and important roles for trade unions and employer organizations, without a legally set minimum wage. READ MORE

3. 2. Shifting powers, prospects and perspectives? : A critical reading of the European Union’s geopolitical reasoning on critical raw materials

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Linda Sztankovics; [2021]
   Keywords : European Union; eu; geopolitics; energy transitions; decarbonization; critical raw materials; natural resources; critical geopolitics; discourse analysis.; Europeiska unionen; eu; geopolitik; energiomställning; kritiska råvaror; naturtillgångar; kritisk geopolitik; diskursanalys.;

   Abstract : Global energy transitions and rises in demand for critical raw materials (CRMs) are predicted to reshape global politics in yet uncertain but profound ways. With CRMs being vital for Europe’s decarbonization process, the present study sets out to examine the EU’s geopolitical discourse by taking an inquisitive yet critical stance focusing particularly on the new “geopolitical” Commission’s geopolitical reasoning on CRMs. READ MORE

4. 3. Europeanization of Social Policy - A Case of Parental Leave in Denmark and EU

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

   Author : Emma Emilie Højer Winther; [2020]
   Keywords : European Union; Europeanization; Social policy; legislation; parental leave; norms and values; gender roles; Denmark; European Studies; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This paper examines social policy in the European Union with a specific focus on parental leave, in-cluding earmarked paternity leave. It traces the process of how the legislation of parental leave has gone through a process of Europeanization and through the decision-making process of the European Union, resulted in the Directive 2019/1158. READ MORE

5. 4. State Aid and the MEIT - Can the State really be seen as a private investor?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Erik Bruzelius; [2016]
   Keywords : State Aid; The Market Economy Investor Test; MEIT; Competition Law; European Business Law; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : State Aid is prohibited according to European Union legislation since it has possible distortive effects on competition. Nevertheless, Member States intervene in the economy and play an important role in the full functioning and development of the economy and society. READ MORE

6. 5. Cross-border Loss Utilization Concerning the Tax Treatment of a Taxpayer’s Own Losses Attributable to a Permanent Establishment in Relation to the Territoriality Principle –From an International and EU law Perspective

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

   Author : Rebecca Hägg; [2015]
   Keywords : Cross-border; Permanent Establishment; Double Tax Convention; the Territoriality Principle; Losses; Exemption Method; Loss Utilization; Law and Political Science; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The European Commission has acknowledged the lack of cross-border utilization of losses. Companies operating internationally want to have a possibility to offset losses against taxable profits at the same time or as soon as possible after the losses incurred. READ MORE