Europe United?: The European Union and the Retreat from Federalism

ISBN-13: 9780333653944 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 196 str.

Michael Welsh

Opis

Europe United? is written for students and general readers who need basic information about the structure and competences of the European Union. It sets out to de-mystify the subject by explaining treaty provisions in plain language. This is an insider's account which sets out to show that the European Union is far from boring and impenetrable. Indeed the clashes between the member states and Brussels are the stuff of political drama and involve great passion and commitment on the part of those involved.

Spis treści

Preface - Foreword by Sir Leon Brittan - The 'Ever Closer Union' - The European Commission: Government by Bureaucrat - The Council of Ministers: 'Willing Co-operation between Independent Sovereign States' - The European Parliament: the Democratic Deficit - The European Court of Justice: Legislation by Judges? - The Road to Maastricht: Turning Point or Turning Back? - The Competencies of the Union: Centralism or Subsidiarity? - Political Co-operation: The Mouse that Roared - Defence and Security: A New World Order? - Economic and Monetary Union: The Uncertain Dynamic - After Maastricht: An Uncertain Future - Index