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Unit 1 P1, M1, D1
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Unit 1 government policiesP1- outline the responsibilities of the different levels of government in the UK.
M1- explain in detail the responsibilities of the different levels of government in the UK.
D1- evaluate the responsibilities of the different levels of government in the UK.
There are many different levels of Government in the world; these include the Central Government,
the European Union Government and many more. This assignment will include what each level of
government is made up of and their responsibilities and roles. It will include the history of each type
of government and how they link to the public services whether that be the police force or the
military.
European Union
This level of government is made up of 28 different countries which include; Austria, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland , France, Germany, Greece, Hungry,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK. There are currently 510.6 million people who are
covered under the European Union. The main role of this level of government is to enforce both laws
and regulations to the members in the EU, these polices and laws are put into place cover different
aspects such as education, immigration, labour and others.
The European Union was assembled to end wars between neighbouring countries in the Second
World War. A group of individuals came together to create and promote the European project
successfully by putting together all of their ideas in being able to achieve a united and peaceful
union. This group of individuals are known as the 'founding fathers’ of the EU, some of these
individuals include; Konrad Adenauer who was the first chancellor of the federal Republic of
Germany, he is a known as a hard-headed democrat. He assisted in changing the face of the German
war as well as the history of the EU. Another founding father of the EU is an ex- army officer, British
Prime Minister and a war reporter named Winston Churchill. Winston was the first to create the
whole 'United States of Europe' project. He had one goal which was to successfully remove
European nationalism and war; he believed that having a united Europe could promote peace and a
war free zone.
There are many institutions in the EU government which help to make up this tier of government:
The European Council & Ministers-
This is the members of the EU who are the government and head state of these 28 EU states, the
most crucial job of the council is to be able to rule out priorities and political direction. This type of
institution doesn't use legislations so this means that it doesn't discuss or use EU laws that are put
into place. The main role in this institution is to be able to state issues and come up with solutions to
solve them. Those in the EU council meet together around twice over a 6-month period, they are
held in Brussels, these meetings that are taken place are chaired by the European Council President
Donald Tusk. As well as these all 28 heads must get together to discuss any problems such as
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