POLS 3450 Study Guide - Final Guide: Foreign Worker, European Fiscal Compact, Chronic Poverty
4 Dec 2014
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Opt-out: in general, the law of eu is valid in all members. The eu is hollowing out national sovereignty: (1) nation states have given up sovereignty in many respects. Sovereignty: the supremacy of a state, which is not subject to any higher authority; supreme, unrestricted power (of a state) In the context of the eu, we talk about the horizontal (b/w different. Eu institutions) and vertical (member states and supranational institutions) separation of power. Vertical separation of power is guided by the principle of subsidiarity: the principle that tries to ensure that decisions are taken as close as possible to the citizen: exclusive eu competence (customs union, monetary policy for. Important decisions are taken by supranational officials: the european commission sets the agenda and has important political influence, an increasing # of issues are dealt with by the qmv in the council of ministers.
