This document includes answers for all the seminar questions of European Public Policy. The information is retrieved from the lecture slides, seminars, discussion during class and the book of McCormick 'European Union Politics'. A reference list is included at the end as well.
Juliëtte Marhé
ES4-2F
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The Hague University of Applied Sciences
,Table of Contents
Week 1: Europe’s Ideas, Ideals and Identities........................................................................................2
Week 2: Understanding European integration.......................................................................................3
Week 3: History of European Integration Part I......................................................................................5
Week 4: History of European Integration Part II.....................................................................................6
Week 5: Policy Cycle and the EU Budget................................................................................................9
Week 6: The Single market...................................................................................................................11
Week 7: The Euro (success and failure)................................................................................................13
Week 8: Social Policy............................................................................................................................14
Week 9: Agriculture and the Environment...........................................................................................16
Week 10: Justice and Home Affairs......................................................................................................17
Week 11: EU as a global power............................................................................................................19
References............................................................................................................................................20
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, Week 1: Europe’s Ideas, Ideals and Identities
1. REFRESH AND REFLECT: Please get back to what you have learned in the first year course
Institutions of the European Union and explain - in short - the political role and function of the
a) European Commission
The function of the European Commission:
The european commission is both the bureaucratic arm of the EU which responsible for drawing up
proposing laws and policies and its executive arm which is responsible for overseeing their
implementation through member states. and the Council of the EU.
The political roles of the European Commission are:
Initiation (right of initiative)
Implementation (of legislation and policies)
EU Budget
External relations
b) the European Parliament
The function of the European Parliament:
The european parliament is the only directly elected European institution. It is the legislative arm of
the EU. They share their responsibility with the council of ministers for debating, amending and
taking votes on proposals for new laws and the EU budget.
The political roles of the European Parliament are:
Legislative function
Power over the budget
Power over the institutions – parliamentary scrutiny
c) the Council of the European Union
The function of the council of the European Union:
The council of the European Unionion negotiates and adopts legislatives acts together with the
European parliament. They do this through legislative procedures.
The political roles of the council of the European Union are:
2. BOOK QUESTION: Name four ‘symbols’ of the EU.
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