EURR 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Iron Curtain, European Parliament, European Commission
16 Dec 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Important people
• German leader
o first leader after Germany became a country again
o trying to beat communism
• Winston Churchill
o Considered a father of the EU
o He thought it would be a good idea to unite Europe
• Charles de Gaulle
Important events (dates and what happened)
• Fall of the iron curtain (getting rid of berlin wall) 1989
• Creating of euro
What is the EU
• Has 27 member states
• Not a nation state
• Created in 1993
• Was given the nobel peace prize in 2012
Important sites of European integration
• Schengen area
o 26 member states, established in 1995
• Brussels -european commision
• Strasbourg -european parliament
European institutions
• European court of justice
o Makes sure EU laws are interpreted and applied the same in all EU states
o Judicial review of EU treaties and other legislations
• European commission
o Main executive body of EU
o Propose EU legislations
o Manage and implement policies
o Control the budget
o Enforces laws
o Represents EU on international stage
• European council
o Sets EU priorities
• Council of European union
o Negotiates and adopts EU laws
o Coordinates policies
• European central bank
Responsible for monetary policy and setting budget
• European parliament
o Amends and adopts EU legislation and budget
o Monitors work of other EU institutions
Schengen countries
• Denmark
• Germany
• Italy
• Portugal
• France
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Document Summary
Important people: german leader first leader after germany became a country again trying to beat communism, winston churchill, considered a father of the eu, he thought it would be a good idea to unite europe, charles de gaulle. Fall of the iron curtain (getting rid of berlin wall) 1989: creating of euro. What is the eu: has 27 member states, not a nation state, created in 1993, was given the nobel peace prize in 2012. Schengen area: 26 member states, established in 1995, brussels -european commision. European institutions: european court of justice, makes sure eu laws are interpreted and applied the same in all eu states. Responsible for monetary policy and setting budget: european parliament, amends and adopts eu legislation and budget, monitors work of other eu institutions. Methodological nationalism: difficult/impossible to think society and nations without the state; strong belief that nations have states, have clear borders, transnationalism questions state sovereignty and nation-state concept.
