HIST 1002 Lecture Notes - Liberal Democracy, European Parliament, Voting In The Council Of The European Union
Document Summary
Single european act: created in 1986, desire for harmonization of laws and policies, designed to make trade easier, single market within community by 1992. Schengen agreement: signed by 5 of 10 eec members (1985, convention implementing schengen agreement, created borderless area, easier to travel. Treaty of maastricht (the european union: signed 7 feb 1992, led to creation of euro, the maastricht criteria, inflation rates, government finance, exchange rate, interest rates. Some eu countries in crisis today violated criteria: created the pillar structure, european community, common foreign and security policy, justice and home affairs. Increased powers of european parliament: area of freedom, security, and justice. Treaty of nice (2001: reformed institutional structure of the eu for eastward expansion, reform of qualified majority voting, reduction in size of european commission. Treaty of lisbon (2009: development from an eu constitution, qmv is now standard for most areas, created president of the european council, made charter of fundamental rights binding.
