Lecturer: Miljen Matijašević G10, room 6, Tue 15:30-16:30 Session 4, 28 Oct 2014

1. Revision of the previous session 2. Institutions of the European Union

1. What was the situation in Europe after WW2? What two ideas were proposed at the Hague Congress 1948? 2. How many member states are there in the EU / COE? 3. What do the European Communities include? 4. What year was the European Union established? 5. What are the three pillars of the EU? 6. What do you know about EU language policy? 7. What is primary legislation of the EU? 8. What about secondary legislation?

1. single market 2. common agricultural policy 3. economic and monetary union 4. EU citizenship 5. transeuropean traffic networks 6. environmental protection 7. social policy 8. common defense policy 9. human trafficking 10. bribe and corruption

1. jedinstveno tržište 2. zajednička poljoprivredna politika 3. gospodarska i monetarna unija 4. državljanstvo EU 5. transeuropske prometne mreže 6. zaštita okoliša 7. socijalna politika 8. zajednička obrambena politika 9. trgovanje ljudima 10. mito i korupcija

European Commission Council of the European Union European Parliament European Council Court of Justice of the European Union European Court of Auditors

 European Economic and Social Committee  Committee of the Regions  European Investment Bank  European Central Bank  European Ombudsman  Office for Official Publications of the European Communities  European Personnel Selection Office  European Administrative School

 a.k.a. Council of Ministers  represents the interests of the Member States  SEAT: Bruxelles  members: 27 national government ministers  sits in 9 configurations, depending on the topic of discussion  presidency of the Council – each MS chairs for 6 months – rotation (current: Italy)

THE NINE CONFIGURATIONS:  General Affairs and External Relations  Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN)  Justice and Home Affairs (JHA)  Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs  Competitiveness  Transport, Telecommunications and Energy  Agriculture and Fisheries  Environment  Education, Youth and Culture

 tasks of the Council:  passes European legislation (co-decision with the EP) – proposals of the EC  co-ordinates national policies of MS  concludes international agreements  approves EU budget (shared with EP)  common foreign and security policy  freedom, security and justice  decisions made by a qualified majority vote (55% of MS representing 65% of EU population)

 represents the interests of EU citizens  SEAT: Strasbourg, Bruxelles and Luxemburg  members: 751 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs)  chosen by EU citizens in elections for the EP  elections held every 5 years  representation by political groups, not by MS

Political groupMEPs European People’s Party (EPP)220 Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D)191 Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)67 Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA)50 European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR)71 Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) 52 Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group (EFD)48 Non-attached (NA)52 TOTAL751

 tasks of the European Parliament:  passes European legislation (co-decision with the Council)  approves EU budget (shared with Council)  supervision of other EU institutions approval of the members of the European Commission receive reports by the Commission and the Council and can ask them questions

 represents the interests of the EU  SEAT: Bruxelles  members: 27 members of the European Commission; (informally ‘commissioners’)  a ‘government’ for the EU – the executive  EC: 27 Directorates-General (glavne uprave)  members proposed by national governments, approved by the Council and the EP

 tasks of the European Commission:  drafts proposals of EU legislation  implements EU policies  enforces European law (‘guardian of the Treaties’)  controls EU budget

 defines general directions and priorities of the EU  SEAT: Bruxelles  members: Heads of States or Governments of EU Member States  headed by the President of the European Council (Herman Van Rompuy); a.k.a. President of the EU  meets every six months

 supervises the interpretation of EU law, enforces EU law  SEAT: Luxemburg (working language: French)  members: 28 judges  comprises:  The European Court of Justice  The General Court  Civil Service Tribunal

 jurisdiction:  supervises interpretation and application of EU law by national courts  enforces EU law  settles disputes between Member States, EU institutions, businesses and individuals

 not an actual court  one member from each Member State  tasks:  checks EU income and expenditure (EU budget)  checks the collection of EU taxes from citizens and whether they are spent economically, legally and for the intended purpose  investigates the financial statements of any person or organisation handling EU funds  carries out a yearly audit and report to the EP and the Council

1. Council of Europe 2. European Council 3. Council of the European Union 4. European Communities 5. co-decision 6. Directorate-General

1. Council of Europe – Vijeće Europe 2. European Council – Europsko vijeće 3. Council of the European Union – Vijeće Europske unije 4. European Communities – Europske zajednice 5. co-decision – suodlučivanje 6. Directorate-General – glavna uprava

Thank you for your attention!