POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Federalisation Of The European Union, European Atomic Energy Community, European Commission
19 Nov 2012
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Nationalism is a product of industrial society: recap. Primary allegiances shift from nation-state to something about that. Historical circumstances: run up to war and world war ii. European coal and steel community: 1951 (france, germany, italy, belgium, netherlands, State interests: german economic power and french political influence. Idea: unite the economies and then you unite state interests. Contradictions of only coal and steel: have to co-ordinate everything else. Treaties of rome: 1957 (eec and euratom) Today called european union: from six to 27 countries. C) european court of justice: addresses complaints of treaty compliance. D) parliament: not as powerful as a normal parliament, electoral turn outs are pretty low 30-35, because the parliament is relatively weak, you have some not so serious politicians. Two logics: 1) intergovernmental: usually increases with big treaties, agent of all these governments together, implication agency can be withdrawn.
