POLS 3450 Study Guide - European Union Legislative Procedure, Execution Unit, Mixed Economy

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3450
• Professor: Edward Koning

Document Summary

Relates to sovereignty debate: the principle that tries to ensure that decisions are taken as close as possible to the citizen. Horizontal separation of power: separation of powers between different eu institutions ie. European government, the european commission, the european council. Vertical separation of power: separation of powers between nation states and supranational institutions. To allow for progress among those who wish to proceed, the reluctant member states may opt out , which usually occurs in the context of a treaty revision. Members states that opt out may opt in at a later stage (2) all eu members except for. Ireland and uk (opt out) in schengen agreement (3) it may be relevant or important to studying the. European union because it preserves national sovereignty and it threatens further integration between the. Ordinary legislative procedure (olp): (1) the main procedure for adopting legislation in the eu, known before the lisbon treaty entered into force as co-decision .