Skip to main content
Visit the UK Parliament website
House of Commons Library
  • Home
  • Research
  • Resources
  • Training and events
  • Subscribe
  • Search
  1. UK Parliament
  2. House of Commons Library
  3. World affairs
  4. Europe
  5. The EU
  6. EU institutions
  7. Page 11

EU institutions

  • Research Briefing

    The European Union: a guide to terminology, procedures and sources – House of Commons Background Paper

    Tuesday, 19 April, 2016

    This Note aims to clarify some of the terminology used to describe the institutions, laws and procedures of the European Union. It also provides links to useful sources of information on the EU.

    • Research Briefing
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
  • Research Briefing

    EU external agreements: EU and UK procedures

    Tuesday, 29 March, 2016

    The EU concludes many international agreements with third States or international organisations. This Commons Library briefing looks at how the EU negotiates these agreements and how the UK scrutinises and ratifies them.

    • Research Briefing
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • International law
    • International organisations
    • The EU
  • Debate Pack

    Debate Pack: European Affairs

    Tuesday, 23 February, 2016

    The House of Commons Library prepares a briefing in hard copy and/or online for most non-legislative debates in the Chamber and Westminster Hall other than half-hour debates.  Debate Packs are produced quickly after the announcement of parliamentary business. They are intended to provide a summary or overview of the issue being debated and identify relevant briefings and useful documents, including press and parliamentary material. More detailed briefing can be prepared for Members on request to the Library.

    • Debate Pack
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • The EU
  • Research Briefing

    EU referendum: UK’s EU reform negotiations and the Tusk package

    Tuesday, 09 February, 2016

    This Commons Library briefing paper looks at the Prime Minister’s proposals for EU reform, which he set out in a letter to the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, in November 2015, concerning four broad areas: economic governance, competitiveness, sovereignty and free movement. It also looks at Donald Tusk’s package of draft texts to address UK concerns, their implications and prospects for agreement.

    • Research Briefing
    • Defence policy
    • Economy
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • The EU
  • Debate Pack

    Parliamentary sovereignty and EU renegotiation

    Tuesday, 02 February, 2016

    This is a Debate Pack for the debate on 'Parliamentary sovereignty and EU renegotiations' on Thursday 4 February 2016. Debate Packs are collections of parliamentary and other relevant material produced for most non-legislative debates in the Chamber and Westminster Hall, other than half-hour adjournment debates.

    • Debate Pack
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Parliament
    • The EU
  • Research Briefing

    EU referendum: reform negotiations June to December 2015

    Wednesday, 30 December, 2015

    This Commons Library briefing paper looks at the Prime Minister’s proposed reforms, the launch of the UK reform agenda at the European Council in June 2015 and EU institutional initiatives of relevance to the Government's reform agenda. It also considers the level of support for the UK from other EU Member States, the role – if any - of the devolved administrations in the negotiations, public opinion, the referendum campaigns and other recent developments.

    • Research Briefing
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Europe
    • Institutions
    • Parliament
    • The EU
  • Research Briefing

    The 1974-75 UK Renegotiation of EEC Membership and Referendum

    Monday, 13 July, 2015

    Why did the UK Government decide to renegotiate the UK's terms of EEC membership in 1974-75? What was the outcome of the negotiations and what did the Referendum Bill say? This briefing looks at the Labour Government's renegotiation and indicates where there are parallels with the present Government's renegotiation agenda.

    • Research Briefing
    • Economy
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Farming and fishing
    • The EU
  • Research Briefing

    European banking union

    Monday, 29 June, 2015

    This note brings together the main documents and developments regarding the EU's pan-Community supervisory and recovery mechanism for members’ banking sectors - the Banking Union. Significant new measures were approved of in December 2013 it faces a severe test in respect to Greece in 2015..

    • Research Briefing
    • EU institutions
    • Finance
  • Research Briefing

    Regulating the web: The open internet and net neutrality

    Monday, 18 May, 2015

    Net neutrality is the concept that all information and services should have equal and open access online without regard to content, destination or source. Both net neutrality—and the associated concept of the ‘open internet’—are considered to be founding principles of the World Wide Web. Concerns that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are looking to circumvent net neutrality principles—deciding how fast data will be transmitted and at what quality—have led to campaigns to explicitly legislate for net neutrality. Without net neutrality campaigners fear a two-tiered service with fast and slow lanes could develop. In the past few years, the EU and other countries have attempted to explicitly legislate to ensure Internet Service Providers (ISPs) operate in a net neutral fashion.

    • Research Briefing
    • Crime
    • EU institutions
    • Technology
  • Research Briefing

    Reforming the EU: UK plans, proposals and prospects

    Monday, 16 March, 2015

    Prime Minister David Cameron would like to reform the EU and renegotiate the UK’s relationship with it, before holding an in/out referendum in 2017 if a Conservative government is elected in May 2015. The UK’s new relationship with the EU would be put to the electorate, who would decide whether the UK should remain in the EU under new terms or be the first Member State to leave the EU. This Note looks at what the Government is doing to tackle some of the perceived weaknesses of EU policy and procedures and looks at prospects for future reform.

    • Research Briefing
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Immigration
    • The EU
  • Research Briefing

    EU obligations: UK implementing legislation since 1993

    Saturday, 31 January, 2015

    How much UK law implements EU obligations? This is virtually impossible to answer accurately, but approximate calculations can be made using law databases.

    • Research Briefing
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
  • Research Briefing

    The UK in the European Union: in brief

    Monday, 15 December, 2014

    What has happended in the European Economic Community since the UK joined in 1973?

    • Research Briefing
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Europe
    • The EU
  • Research Briefing

    Main Treaty amendments since the UK joined the EEC

    Tuesday, 09 December, 2014

    Many argue that the EU is a far cry from what the UK signed up to in 1973. This note looks at the major Treaty changes since the UK joined the EEC in 1973.

    • Research Briefing
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Europe
    • The EU
  • Research Briefing

    The UK block opt-out in police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters: recent developments

    Monday, 10 November, 2014

    The UK Government would like to opt back into 35 measures in the area of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters adopted before the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, but will the other EU Member States agree unanimously on this? Will the Government manage to get approval for the draft regulations published on 6 November which complete the transposition of 11 of the 35 opt-back-ins?

    • Research Briefing
    • Criminal law
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Police
    • The EU
  • Research Briefing

    EU Institutional Appointments in 2014

    Thursday, 11 September, 2014

    The EU has just appointed four new institutional leaders: the President of the European Parliament, the President of the European Commission, the President of the European Council and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. This Note looks at the background to the four recent appointments.

    • Research Briefing
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties

Total results (page 11 of 17)

  • Page 1 of 17 1
  • Page 2 of 17 2
  • Page … of 17 …
  • Page 8 of 17 8
  • Page 9 of 17 9
  • Page 10 of 17 10
  • Page 11 of 17 11
  • Page 12 of 17 12
  • Page 13 of 17 13
  • Page 14 of 17 14
  • Page … of 17 …
  • Page 16 of 17 16
  • Page 17 of 17 17

Quick Links

  • About us
  • Services for MPs and MPs’ staff
  • Research for Commons debates
  • Public feedback and complaints
  • Editorial policy
  • Work with us

By Topic

  • Brexit and the EU
  • Coronavirus
  • Economy, business and transport
  • Home affairs
  • Parliament and elections
  • Science, environment and technology
  • Social policy
  • World affairs
  • Full topic list

By Type

  • Research Briefings
  • Debate Packs
  • Insights
  • Data tools and resources
  • Constituency casework articles
  • Podcast
  • All research

Mailing List

Subscribe to receive email alerts every time we publish new research about the topics you’re interested in.

Subscribe

Follow us:

  • Twitter

© House of Commons 2022. Re-use our content freely and flexibly with only a few conditions under the Open Parliament Licence.

Privacy notice | Cookie policy | Cookie settings | Accessibility statement