Essays about: "the treaty of Lisbon"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 69 essays containing the words the treaty of Lisbon.
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6. Talking about Europe? : Explaining the Salience of the European Union in the Plenaries of National Parliaments
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : National parliaments (NPs) are vital to the European Union’s (EU’s) democratic legitimacy. They are tasked with controlling their governments through oversight and scrutiny while providing a deliberative forum by offering policy alternatives, informing, and connecting citizens to the EU. READ MORE
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7. Qualified Majority Voting, Legislation Speed and The Treaty of Lisbon - A myth busted or a tale as true as time?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The question weather qualified majority voting (QMV) as a voting procedure actually leads to faster decision-making in the EU has been the subject of research for a long time. While many have argued that the voting procedure significantly increases the speed of the legislative process in comparison to unanimity, others have reached the conclusion that its ability to increase legislation speed has been greatly overstated. READ MORE
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8. How to set an example : EU social normative power and its influence on Dutch national debates.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis puts the European Union’s (EU) normative power in a historical context and combines it with EU’s development of social goals and measures surrounding the turn of the twenty-first century. This provides social normative power to be central phenomenon. READ MORE
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9. Crisis Management in the EU : A Study on the Variation of Institutionalisation in the EU’s Crisis Management Capacities within Public Health and Critical Infrastructure
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : This study aims to explain why there is a variation in the institutionalisation of the EU's transboundary crisis management capacity through understanding European integration. To exemplify this variation, it will investigate the areas of common safety concerns regarding public health and critical infrastructure which are two areas with a high and low institutionalisation of its crisis management capacities, respectively. READ MORE
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10. Parliamentary Standing Committees in the EU policy-making process. : A comparative case study of two committees from the Bundestag
University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The EU integration process has led to severe changes in policy-making. On the one hand, authority shifted from the national level to the EU. On the other hand, national level executives have gained power relative to the national legislatures. READ MORE
