GEOLOGY 002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: European Economic Community, Maastricht Treaty, Robert Schuman
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After second world war: need for peaceful cooperation to prevent further hostilities. Proposals for "united states of europe" (federation) a step too far. European communities: predecessors of the eu: six founding members: federal republic of germany (west germany), france, italy, "commissioners: ~24. 000 members of staff, requires approval of european parliament, european parliament, seated in brussels and strasbourg, involved in legislative process, must approve annual eu budget (art. 16 teu: required for council decisions (depending on the matter, unanimity might be required, introduced in 2007 (treaty of lisbon, 55% of members of council representing 65% of population; blocking minority at least 4 members. 120/78: free movement of persons, specifically free movement of workers, prohibition of discrimination of workers on grounds of (eu) nationality. Treaty of rome prohibited new customs duties between member states. Issue: can van gend & loos invoke the rule from the treaty of rome before a.
