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EU institutions

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    European Parliament Elections: Turnout trends, 1979-2009

    Monday, 14 April, 2014

    • Research Briefing
    • Elections
    • EU institutions
  • Research Briefing

    Is adherence to the European Convention on Human Rights a condition of European Union membership?

    Wednesday, 26 March, 2014

    This Note looks at what the EU Treaties say about adherence to human rights provisions and considers different views on the compatibility of withdrawal from the European Convention with continued EU membership.

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

    Burma: recent political and security developments

    Thursday, 13 February, 2014

    Burma’s international rehabilitation continues. However, critics argue that the pace of this rehabilitation is too fast because the outcome of the current Constitutional review process is not yet clear; a durable peace deal with the country’s ethnic insurgencies has not been achieved; and inter-communal violence between Buddhists and Muslims persists. There has been criticism of the UK Government for providing some training for the Burmese military.

    • Research Briefing
    • Asia Pacific
    • EU institutions
    • Institutions
  • Research Briefing

    The Commission Work Programme 2014

    Friday, 17 January, 2014

    The European Commission's Work Programme for 2014 sets out four priority areas in which it intends to act: economic and monetary union, sustainable growth, justice and security and external action. The UK Government broadly supports the programme but has some specific concerns and reservations.

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

    EU Enforcement of Free Movement of People Rules

    Friday, 20 December, 2013

    What action has the EU taken to enforce freedom of movement throughout the EU?

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

    The EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy: A Fresh Impetus?

    Wednesday, 04 December, 2013

    The European Council Summit is due to be held on 19-20 December 2013. Among the main issues for debate is the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). It will be the first time in five years that EU leaders have comprehensively discussed EU defence policy, amid criticisms that CSDP has lost momentum due to a lack of consensus over its strategic direction, an unwillingness on the part of Member States to commit the necessary resources and the prevailing economic crisis which has seen defence budgets fall across Europe and capabilities cut.

    • Research Briefing
    • Defence policy
    • EU institutions
  • Research Briefing

    In brief: the 2014 bloc opt-out and selective opt-back-ins

    Monday, 15 July, 2013

    This note, prepared for the parliamentary debate on 15 July 2013, looks briefly at the current situation regarding the UK's 2014 decision on justice and home affairs measures and lists the 35 measures the Government would like to opt back into.

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

    Leaving the EU

    Monday, 01 July, 2013

    The Treaty on European Union provides for a Member State to leave the EU, either on the basis of a negotiated withdrawal agreement or without one. If the UK were to leave the EU following a referendum, it is likely that the Government would negotiate an agreement with the EU, which would probably contain transitional arrangements as well as provide for the UK’s long-term future relations with the EU. There is no precedent for such an agreement, but it would in all likelihood come at the end of complex and lengthy negotiations.

    • Research Briefing
    • Defence policy
    • Economic policy
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Institutions
    • International law
    • International trade
    • The EU
  • Research Briefing

    Proposal to increase the number of EU Court of Justice Advocates-General

    Friday, 07 June, 2013

    This Note looks at a draft Council decision to increase the number of Advocates-General at the EU Court of Justice in the context of reform of the EU Court of Justice.

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

    Voting Behaviour in the EU Council

    Thursday, 23 May, 2013

    This Note looks at the voting behaviour of Member States in the EU Council when a Qualified Majority is required for the adoption of an EU measure, and at other factors which may influence the outcome of a QMV decision. It also considers the UK’s voting record and possible future scenarios when the voting rules change and the Eurozone expands.

    • Research Briefing
    • Economy
    • EU institutions
  • Research Briefing

    European Union (Approvals) Bill [HL] 2012-13: Committee Stage Report

    Tuesday, 26 February, 2013

    The European Union (Approvals) Bill [HL] 2012-13 seeks to approve three EU draft decisions before the UK Government can approve their adoption in the EU Council.

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

    European Union (Approvals) Bill

    Thursday, 31 January, 2013

    The European Union (Approvals) Bill (HC Bill 121) aims to approve two draft EU Council decisions and one draft decision of the European Council (the EU Heads of State and Government).

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

    EU Staff Salaries

    Tuesday, 29 January, 2013

    EU staff salaries have been the subject of some criticism in recent months. This Note pulls together the various strands in the EU staff salaries debate.

    • Research Briefing
    • EU institutions
    • The EU
  • Research Briefing

    Recent EU Treaty Amendments and UK Ratification

    Tuesday, 11 December, 2012

    This Note outlines the three Treaty amendments that have been adopted under amended Article 48 TEU since the Lisbon Treaty came into force and how these amendments have been ratified in the UK.

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

    European Union (Croatian Accession and Irish Protocol) Bill [Bill 76 of 2012-13]

    Thursday, 01 November, 2012

    Croatia is expected to join the EU in July 2013. This Bill would allow the UK to ratify Croatia’s accession treaty and would also cover the Protocol to the Lisbon Treaty put forward by the Irish Government.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Defence policy
    • Economy
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Europe
    • Immigration
    • International trade
    • The EU

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