欧盟与欧洲理事会【英文】
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Introduction to The European Union and
The Council of Europe
Legal and Policy Frameworks
Stefaan G.Verhulst, Markle Foundation
August 2003
Outline
• EU versus CoE • Institutions, Policy Tools and Processes of the European Union • Institutions, Policy Tools and Processes of the Council of Europe • EU and CoE
Foreign Policy •Cooperation, common positions and measures •Peacekeeping •Human rights •Democracy •Aid to non-member countries
Created the European Union
1997
Treaty of Amsterdam
Further developed the EU Gave Parliament co-decision powers in the EC’s legislative process
Created the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) and the European Community (EEC)
Future Members
Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey,
= 1st Accession countries
The European Union
The European Communities Common Foreign and Security Policy Cooperation in Justice and Home Affairs •Cooperation between judicial authorities in civil and criminal law •Police cooperation •Combating racism and xenophobia •Fighting drugs and the arms trade •Fighting organised crime •Fighting terrorism
.
The European Union
Creation of the European Union
1950
European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)
(Signed by: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands)
EU Membership
Current Members Austria, Belgium,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom
1951
Treaty of Paris
(Concluded formation of the ECSC)
1957
Treaty of Rome
(‘the EC Treaty’) Determined the legal framework of the European Community.
Байду номын сангаас
1992
Treaty of Maastricht
EC Customs union and single market Agricultural policy Structural policy
New or amended provisions on: •EU citizenship •Education and culture •Trans-European networks •Consumer protection •Health •Research and environment •Social policy •Asylum policy •External borders •Immigration policy Euratom ECSC
CoE
Decisions require unanimity, which means that every country has a power of veto. The Council of Europe is therefore designed only with international cooperation in mind.
Distinguish the EU from the CoE
Brussels
Strasbourg
European Union
15 member states (14 pending)
Council of Europe
45 member states
EU
Member States cede some of their sovereign rights to the EC. Thus, the EC is able to issue sovereign acts that have the same force as laws in individual states.
The European flag represents both the Council of Europe and the European Union to strengthen the idea of solidarity between the different organizations for a united and democratic Europe
The Council of Europe
Legal and Policy Frameworks
Stefaan G.Verhulst, Markle Foundation
August 2003
Outline
• EU versus CoE • Institutions, Policy Tools and Processes of the European Union • Institutions, Policy Tools and Processes of the Council of Europe • EU and CoE
Foreign Policy •Cooperation, common positions and measures •Peacekeeping •Human rights •Democracy •Aid to non-member countries
Created the European Union
1997
Treaty of Amsterdam
Further developed the EU Gave Parliament co-decision powers in the EC’s legislative process
Created the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) and the European Community (EEC)
Future Members
Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey,
= 1st Accession countries
The European Union
The European Communities Common Foreign and Security Policy Cooperation in Justice and Home Affairs •Cooperation between judicial authorities in civil and criminal law •Police cooperation •Combating racism and xenophobia •Fighting drugs and the arms trade •Fighting organised crime •Fighting terrorism
.
The European Union
Creation of the European Union
1950
European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)
(Signed by: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands)
EU Membership
Current Members Austria, Belgium,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom
1951
Treaty of Paris
(Concluded formation of the ECSC)
1957
Treaty of Rome
(‘the EC Treaty’) Determined the legal framework of the European Community.
Байду номын сангаас
1992
Treaty of Maastricht
EC Customs union and single market Agricultural policy Structural policy
New or amended provisions on: •EU citizenship •Education and culture •Trans-European networks •Consumer protection •Health •Research and environment •Social policy •Asylum policy •External borders •Immigration policy Euratom ECSC
CoE
Decisions require unanimity, which means that every country has a power of veto. The Council of Europe is therefore designed only with international cooperation in mind.
Distinguish the EU from the CoE
Brussels
Strasbourg
European Union
15 member states (14 pending)
Council of Europe
45 member states
EU
Member States cede some of their sovereign rights to the EC. Thus, the EC is able to issue sovereign acts that have the same force as laws in individual states.
The European flag represents both the Council of Europe and the European Union to strengthen the idea of solidarity between the different organizations for a united and democratic Europe