Download or read book European Union Council Presidencies written by Ole Elgström and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes, analyses, explains and compares the role performance of different presidencies. The expert and international authors ask why member states have different approaches and play the role differently, prioritising different functions and using a variety of strategies to realise their aspirations. The book consists of three parts i) describes the functions of the presidency, ii) compares nine different presidencies and iii) a concluding section comparing media images, and summaries looking at member state characteristics and behaviour.

Download or read book The British Presidency of the European Community written by John Major and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book British Presidency of the European Community written by Frank Vibert and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Decision making in the European Community written by Emil Joseph Kirchner and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this first major assessment of EC decision-making at the highest levels for ten years, Emil Kirchner examines the Council Presidency's role in European integration. The author demonstrates how the EC Council Presidency plays a crucial role in the integration process enhanced by the Single European Act and the two Intergovernmental Conferences on EMU and Political Union. He evaluates the balance and distribution of power between national and Community actors, and asks whether the Council Presidency is primarily an instrument to maintain national control of EC decision-making, rather than a device for promoting integration. He sheds light on the negotiations which led to the SEA and the two Intergovernmental Conferences, and argues for a new interpretation of the relationship between the EC and its constituent states. EC decision-making is not characterised by a transfer of powers from the national to the EC level, but by a sharing of competences between national and Community institutions and a 'pooling of sovereignties' among member governments that is analogous to 'co-operative federalism'. Decision-making in the European Community will be vital reading for political scientists and students interested in the EC; and for all those seeking to understand European integration, potentially the 1990s' most important political development.

Download or read book Priorities of the British Presidency of the European Union written by European Institute, The and published by . This book was released on 1998-07-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Insulting the Public written by Peter J. Anderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insulting the Public? examines the way in which the European Union and issues relating to it are represented to the public. Combining theoretical and empirical research, the text explores and provides an assessment of the performance of the British Press in its representation of the European Union in the period immediately preceding the General Election of 1997 and during the British presidency of the Union from January to June 1998.

Download or read book The British Presidency of the European Union written by Peter Mandelson and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Awkward Partner written by Stephen George and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third edition of an established textbook on Britain's role in the European Community. Britain joined the EC in 1973, over twenty years after the first of the European Communities was formed. Within a year, she had established a reputation for being at odds with major Community initiatives and for taking an independent point of view.This reputation was consolidated over the next twenty-four years. In An Awkward Partner Stephen George surveys the policies that earned Britain this reputation, recording the role successive British governments have played in the European Community. He stresses the influence both of external circumstances and domestic political considerations in shaping these policies and analyses some of the underlying political reasons for Britain's perceived awkwardness. The first edition was the first book-length survey to appear in English of British policy toward the European Community, and rapidly became established as the leading book in the field for students. In this third edition, Stephen George brings his analysis up to date, taking the story of the Major Government through to its end in the 1997 general election. This new edition will continue to be invaluable to students taking courses on the European Community, comparative European politics, and public policy.

Download or read book Roy Jenkins and the European Commission Presidency 1976 1980 written by N. Piers Ludlow and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-02 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roy Jenkins brought great talent to Europe’s top job. He played a key role in re-launching European monetary integration, winning the right to attend the new global summits, and smoothing Greece’s path to EC membership. But he fell short of other targets. Commission reform remained elusive, as did an improvement of the UK’s troubled relationship with the EC. Indeed the row over Britain’s contribution to the EC budget, meant that Britain’s position in Europe was as difficult when he left Brussels as it had been when he arrived. This study will look at how Jenkins approached his role, identifying his priorities, examining his working methods, and exploring his rapport with the European and international statesmen with whom he had to work. In the process, the book will shed light on the nature of the job, on Jenkins’ own talents and limitations, and on the European Community as it struggled with the global economic crisis of the 1970s.

Download or read book The British Presidency written by Commission of the European Communities and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United Kingdom assumed the Presidency of the European Community Council of Ministers on 1 July 1986. It is the third British Presidency since the UK joined the European Community in 1973. The Presidency will be handed to Belgium on 1 January 1987. Six months is not long in which to make an imprint on the Community. In practice, the Council has adopted a sensible 'rolling presidency' technique in which the work of the Community is agreed among the past, present and future presidents. It is possible, however, for the incoming presidency to mark certain priorities for major attention. The British programme places particular emphasis on the completion by 1992 of the "large" Community market, the encouragement of small and medium-sized enterprises to provide more jobs, and the reform of agriculture.

Download or read book Evidence from the Minister for Europe the European Council and the United Kingdom Presidency written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-11-15 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evidence from the Minister for Europe - the European Council and the United Kingdom Presidency : Report with evidence, 10th report of Session 2005-06

Download or read book Small States and EU Governance written by S. Bunse and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-03-26 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small States and EU Governance shows that the EU's rotating Council presidency and small states' capacity to make use of it have been underestimated. It examines the political objectives the presidency serves and presents a systematic and comparative assessment of its nature and influence in internal market and foreign policy issues.

Download or read book The European Community at the Crossroads Major Issues and Priorities for the EC Presidency written by Alfred Pijpers and published by Springer. This book was released on 1992-02-13 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revolutionary change in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union; civil strife in the Balkans; the heavy burden of German reunification; war in the Gulf and its dramatic aftermath; the completion of the internal market in 1992 and the management of two highly complicated Intergovernmental Conferences -- more than ever before its history, the European Community has to operate strong pressure. This volume captures these problems in a systematic way and presents suggestions as to how the Twelve could cope with them, using the Dutch EC-Presidency as a reference point. The subjects dealt with include: the EC Presidentcy in a new European setting the European Community and the wider Europe European foreign policy and security cooperation; `1992' and the Common Transport Policy Economic and social cohension in a Community of regions the politics of Economic and Monetary Union. The chapters are written by experienced specialists from both the international academic world (economics, international relations, European law), as well as from the European institutions. Together they provide a comprehensive and unique survey of the profound challenges confronting the European Community in the early 1990s.

Download or read book Demagogy Or Sound Management written by Peter Ludlow and published by Eurocomment. This book was released on 2005 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The six monthly presidencies of the European Union are increasingly important players in the politics of the Union. The UK Presidency in the second half of 2005 is nevertheless of special interest. Called upon to lead the Union only two weeks after the British government figured as a major protagonist in the breakdown of the EU budget negotiations, the Presidency will have to try to broker an agreement which is acceptable to the great majority of member states who believed a deal was possible in June, but which satisfies a domestic audience whose appetite for far reaching change has been aroused by the government's rhetoric. Peter Ludlow attempts as always to place the challenges of the next six months in perspective. Most of what the UK Presidency will have to do arises from an agenda which it did not determine and much of which it cannot hope to finish in the short time it has at its disposal. With one of the better European civil services, the British will doubtless perform most of their tasks competently and unostentatiously. The juxtaposition of a relatively low-key agenda and the twin crises sparked by the breakdown over the budget and the negative referendum results in France and the Netherlands means however that there is an unusually high risk of demagogy. Objectively, the budgetary crisis could be settled with relative ease. Given the megaphone debate before and since the June European Council, however, low-key management of this particular problem is highly improbable. All the more so, because the UK Presidency has called at the same time for a 'great debate' about the future of Europe. While acknowledging the brilliance of Tony Blair's speech to the European Parliament at the end of June, Peter Ludlow is nevertheless profoundly pessimistic about both the likely tone and the relevance of the great debate for which the British prime minister has called. Only a few months after the European Council signed off on a major overhaul of the Lisbon agenda, it is difficult to see what concretely can or should be done to enhance the Union's main reform programme. It is also quite clear that even if the Tony Blair who spoke to the European Parliament is the 'real' Tony Blair, his underlying convictions are poles apart from those of Gordon Brown, his successor in waiting. Finally, despite the prospect of a new government in Germany, the chances of building a new consensus of the kind that re launched the European Community in 1984-1985 before a change of government in France are exceedingly slim. It would be splendid if after eight disappointing years, New Labour could begin to play a serious role at the heart of Europe. The prospects for a happy ending in December are however slight while the dangers of a serious and acrimonious rift between the UK and its EU partners are considerable.

Download or read book The Power of the European Parliament as a Conditional Agenda Setter written by George Tsebelis and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Britain s Agenda in Europe written by Federal Trust for Education and Research and published by Federal Trust. This book was released on 1997 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines Britain's agenda in Europe with specific reference to the UK Presidency of the Council of the European Union, January to June 1998.