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Title: The fragile state of the European Union (EU): its battle for survival with the Member States
Related: Australasian Digital Theses Program
Date: 2006
Author/Creator: Fox, James
Description: Thesis (Masters)--Macquarie University, Division of Humanitites, Dept. of Politics, 2006.
Description: Bibliography: p. 215-231.
Description: The fragile state of the European Union (EU), its battle for survival with the Member States. -- The growth of the EU and the gradual transfer of powers from the Member States. -- The impact of the European Court of Justice. -- The formation of policy communities and multi-level governance. -- The Commission's sole right to initiate legislation and its reference to subsidiarity. -- The all-powerful Competition Directorate, which has an influential section of economic purists. -- The increased powers of the European Parliament and its shortcomings. -- The reluctance of national governments to adopt progressive attitudes and to let the Commission change its policies and procedures. -- The national contributions to the EU budget. -- The taxation differences between the various Member States. -- The EU constitution. -- The demographic development. -- Regional development and the structural funds. -- Competition policy. -- The Common Agricultural Policy. -- The Common Environment Policy. -- Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), the Euro, the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) and the European Central Bank. -- Transport. -- The Common Energy Policy. -- The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ).
Description: The European Union (EU) is partly supranational and partly inter-governmental. It is dependent on the concurrance of all its Member States for the important decisions required for the running of the EU. This causes an inherent instability in the EU.
Description: Electronic reproduction.
Description: 231 leaves
Subject Keyword: European Union
Subject Keyword: EU
Subject Keyword: Inherent fragility of the European Union
Resource Type: Thesis masters research
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Politics

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/3553
Language: eng
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