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"Le présent rapport fait le constat d'un affaiblissement de l'influence de la France dans l'Union européenne. Quatre facteurs principaux sont avancés par les auteurs : les élargissements successifs à l'Est, qui ont contribué à éloigner la France du coeur de l'Europe ; les difficultés de la France à moderniser son économie et à respecter ses engagements budgétaires, qui ont diminué sa crédibilité sur la scène européenne ; la faiblesse de la France au Parlement européen, accentuée par le résultat des dernières élections, alors que, parallèlement, les pouvoirs du Parlement européen n'ont cessé de s'accroître au fil des traités ; la faible lisibilité de la vision que porte aujourd'hui la France pour l'Europe de demain. Pour inverser cette tendance, les auteurs estiment que la France doit faire de l'Europe une véritable priorité politique, et l'accompagner d'une nouvelle stratégie d'influence."--Editeur.
Since the Treaty of the European Union was ratified in 1993, the European Union has become an important factor in an ever-increasing number of regimes of pooled sovereignty. This Handbook seeks to present a valuable guide to this new and unique system in the twenty-first century, allowing readers to obtain a better understanding of the emerging multilevel European governance system that links national polities to Europe and the global community. Adopting a pan-European approach, this Handbook brings together the work of leading international academics to cover a wide range of topics such as: the historical and theoretical background the political systems and institutions of both the EU and its individual member nations political parties and party systems political elites civil society and social movements in European politics the political economy of Europe public administration and policy-making external policies of the EU. This is an invaluable and comprehensive resource for students, scholars, researchers and practitioners of the European Union, European politics and comparative politics.
This book offers a comprehensive and timely analysis of the parliamentary dimension of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) – an unprecedented experiment in which parliamentary representation met transnational citizen participation in the European Union (EU). Across twelve chapters, the book investigates the CoFoE as an opportunity structure for both the European Parliament (EP) as the “host” of the process, and national as well as regional parliaments, as the “guests” in this process, to fulfil and revitalise their key functions in EU multi-level democracy. The book also provides a valuable source of insights for representatives in national parliaments and the newly elec...
In The International Legal Status and Protection of Environmentally-Displaced Persons: A European Perspective, Hélène Ragheboom addresses the topical issue of displacement caused by environmental factors and analyses in particular whether affected persons, who are unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin due to the severe degradation of their living environment, could or, in the negative, should receive some form of international protection within the European Union. The author provides a detailed analysis of relevant instruments of refugee law and international human rights law, and explores possible future approaches to addressing the phenomenon of environmental displacement, ranging from constructive interpretations of existing norms to the allegedly preferable creation of a multidisciplinary sui generis framework.
This open access book looks at the migration of Southern European EU citizens (from Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece) who move to Northern European Member States (Belgium, France, Germany, United Kingdom) in response to the global economic crisis. Its objective is twofold. First, it identifies the scale and nature of this new Southern European emigration and examines these migrants’ socio-economic integration in Northern European destination countries. This is achieved through an analysis of the most recent data on flows and profiles of this new labour force using sending-country and receiving-country databases. Second, it looks at the politics and policies of immigration, both from the pers...
European criminal law faces many challenges in harmonising states' criminal justice systems. This book presents a systematic analysis of this legal area and examines the difficulties involved.
This book aims to find out whether French, one of the great languages of the world, is in crisis or not. It traces the history and development of language defence in France and examines the sometimes contradictory attitudes of French people to their beloved language. It assesses the necessity for and the usefulness of the many activities in defence of French and suggests what its future might be.
L’Union européenne prend désormais une importance considérable dans notre vie politique et dans notre environnement juridique. Pourtant, la place qui lui est accordée au sein de l’Assemblée nationale reflète encore insuffisamment ce rôle croissant. La révision constitutionnelle du 23 juillet 2008 a constitué un tournant décisif, en donnant une nouvelle impulsion à l’européanisation de notre institution. Il est toutefois temps d’aller plus loin : ce rapport dresse des perspectives pour renforcer la place de l’Union européenne à l’Assemblée, et plaide notamment pour un renforcement du contrôle exercé sur le Gouvernement par le Parlement sur ces sujets.
The European Banking Union and the Role of Law offers a comprehensive and unique examination of the European Banking Union’s (EBU) impact on existing legal disciplines and assesses the role of law in shaping the EBU framework.