Tag: European Union Law

  • Harmonisation in the European Union

    This may mean bringing national laws into line with one another, very often in order to remove national barriers that obstruct the free movement of workers, goods, services and capital. In other words, harmonisation means making sure that, on any particular issue for which the EU has […]

  • Social partners in the European Union

    This is jargon for the two sides of industry – i.e. employers and workers. At EU level they are represented by three main organisations: The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), representing workers; The Union of Industries of the European Community (UNICE), representing private […]

  • Qualified majority voting in the European Union

    Qualified majority voting in the European Union On most issues, the Council of the European Union takes its decisions by voting. Each country can cast a certain number of votes, roughly in proportion to the size of its population. The number of votes per country is as follows: France, […]

  • Federalism in the European Union

    Broadly speaking, this means any system of government where several states form a unity and yet remain independent in their internal affairs. People who are in favour of this system are often called ‘federalists’. A number of countries around the world – e.g. Australia, Canada, Germany, […]

  • European Union Institutions

    Content about European Union Institutions from the publication The ABC of European Union law (2010, European Union) by Klaus-Dieter Borchardt. 1. The Union shall have an institutional framework which shall aim to promote its values, advance its objectives, serve its interests, those of its […]

  • European Union Powers

    Powers of the European UnionContent about European Union Powers from the publication The ABC of European Union law (2010, European Union) by Klaus-Dieter Borchardt. The Treaties establishing the EU do not confer on the Union institutions any general power to take all measures necessary to […]

  • Court of Justice of the European Union

    The Court of Justice of the European Union (Article 19 Teu)Content about Court Of Justice Of The European Union from the publication The ABC of European Union law (2010, European Union) by Klaus-Dieter Borchardt. Any system will endure only if its rules are supervised by an independent […]

  • Legal Nature of the European Union

    Content about Legal Nature Of The European Union from the publication The ABC of European Union law (2010, European Union) by Klaus-Dieter Borchardt. Any consideration of the legal nature of the EU must start by looking at its characteristic features. Although the EU's legal nature was set […]

  • European Union Tasks

    Tasks of the European UnionContent about European Union Tasks from the publication The ABC of European Union law (2010, European Union) by Klaus-Dieter Borchardt. The list of tasks entrusted to the EU strongly resembles the constitutional order of a state. These are not the narrowly […]

  • Treaty On the Functioning of the European Union

    Content about Treaty On The Functioning Of The European Union from the publication The ABC of European Union law (2010, European Union) by Klaus-Dieter Borchardt. The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ('TFEU') has been developed from the Treaty establishing the European […]