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EU institutions

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    EU Legislation

    Wednesday, 24 March, 2010

    This Note considers the different types of EU legislative instruments and their implementation requirements. It also gives figures for EU laws adopted since 1980 and repealed since 1997, as well as an estimate of the proportion of UK secondary legislation made under the ECA to implement EU obligations.

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    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
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    European Parliament Members’ expenses and allowances

    Thursday, 18 March, 2010

    This Note looks at the background to recent reform of the European Parliament expenses and allowances system. It provides information on the current expenses regime, with links to political party pledges and declarations of interest.

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    • EU institutions
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    Taking a complaint to the Court of Justice of the European Union

    Thursday, 11 March, 2010

    This Note sets out how individuals who believe they are victims of a government's failure to respect an EU obligation, or that they have been negatively affected by an EU act or a failure to act, can seek judicial and non-judicial remedies.

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    • Courts
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
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    Implementing the Lisbon Treaty

    Monday, 08 February, 2010

    This Note looks at how the Lisbon Treaty, which came into force on 1 December 2009, is being implemented. It also considers how the UK might scrutinise the new procedures contained in the Treaty.

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    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Europe
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    Sources of International Social Statistics

    Friday, 15 January, 2010

    International sources of social statistics. By Kathryn Keith. SN/SG/3140.

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    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific
    • EU institutions
    • Europe
    • International organisations
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    The Lisbon Treaty: choosing a High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

    Wednesday, 18 November, 2009

    This Note looks at the role of the new High Representative for EU foreign affairs and security policy, the method of appointment and possible candidates for the job. It does not consider the new European External Action Service.

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    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
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    The Lisbon Treaty: choosing a President of the European Council

    Thursday, 12 November, 2009

    Now that all 27 Member States have ratified the Lisbon Treaty, the Swedish EU Presidency is holding an extraordinary meeting on 19 November 2009 to decide on the post-holders for the three new top jobs created by the Treaty. This Note looks at one of these posts - that of President of the European Council.

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    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Europe
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    The Lisbon Treaty: ratification by the Czech Republic

    Monday, 09 November, 2009

    This Note looks at the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon by the Czech Republic.

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    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • The EU
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    The 2009 Swedish Presidency of the EU

    Thursday, 01 October, 2009

    This Note looks at the Swedish European Union Presidency programme, its priorities and some of the issues and events that have dominated the first half of the Presidency. It also considers matters that are likely to occupy the Presidency until the end of 2009.

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    • EU institutions
    • Europe
    • The EU
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    European Parliament Elections 2009

    Wednesday, 17 June, 2009

    Elections to the European Parliament were held across the 27 states of the European Union between 4 and 7 June 2009. The UK elections were held concurrently with the county council elections in England on 4 June. The UK now has 72 MEPs, down from 78 at the last election, distributed between 12 regions. The Conservatives won 25 seats, both UKIP and Labour 13 and the Liberal Democrats 11. The Green Party held their two seats, while the BNP won their first two seats in the European parliament. Labour lost five seats compared with the comparative pre-election position. The Conservatives won the popular vote overall, and every region in Great Britain except the North East, where Labour won, and Scotland, where the SNP won. UKIP won more votes than Labour. UK turnout was 34.5%. Across Europe, centre-right parties, whether in power or opposition, tended to perform better than those on the centre-left. The exact political balance of the new Parliament depends on the formation of Groups. The UK was not alone in seeing gains for far-right and nationalistic parties. Turnout across the EU was 43%. It was particularly low in some of the newer Member States. Part 1 of this paper presents the full results of the UK elections, including regional analysis and local-level data. Part 2 presents summary results of the results across the EU, together with country-level summaries based on data from official national sources.

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    • Elections
    • EU institutions
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    Electoral performance of the British National Party in the UK

    Friday, 08 May, 2009

    This note provides data on the electoral performance of the UK's British National Party (BNP) in local and parliamentary elections. This note has been updated to include results from the local elections held in England on 1 May 2008. It also comments upon results from various elections up to 2006, as well as overall results from the 2007 and 2008 local elections.

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    • Elections
    • EU institutions
    • Local government
    • Parliament
    • UK elections
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    European Parliament Political Groups

    Thursday, 26 March, 2009

    This Note looks briefly at political groups in the European Parliament.

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    • Elections
    • EU institutions
    • Parliament
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    The UK Parliament and European Business: recent reforms and scrutiny issues

    Tuesday, 24 February, 2009

    This Note looks at changes to EU scrutiny procedures in 2008 and 2009, as well as other scrutiny issues, such as the Government's use of the scrutiny override and Parliament's role in considering agreement on a "general approach" in the Council of Ministers.

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    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Parliament
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    The Reflection Group Horizon 2020-2030

    Tuesday, 10 February, 2009

    This Note considers the Reflection Group established by the European Council in December 2007 to discuss the future of Europe.

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    • EU institutions
    • Europe
    • The EU
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    2009 European Parliament Elections: parties, polls and recent developments

    Thursday, 29 January, 2009

    The European Parliament (EP) elections will be held in the UK on 4 June 2009, alongside local elections. This Note looks at the EC Treaty base for the elections, public views and voter turnout, and European political groups and parties.

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    • Elections
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties

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