Szukaj

Wyniki wyszukiwania

Wyświetla 10 z 107 wyniki

The Conference on the Future of Europe is an opportunity to reflect on the Union's democratic foundations, including the legislative role of the Council of the European Union (EU) and its relations with the European Parliament. Is it pertinent to reform the Council, either by reinforcing its parliamentary features or by transforming it into a Senate or a Second Chamber? Would such a change enhance the democratic legitimacy of the EU decision-making process? To answer these questions, this study looks ...

Over the summer and autumn of 2021, in what is increasingly viewed as a hybrid warfare tactic aimed at destabilising Europe, Aliaksandr Lukashenka's Belarussian regime has instrumentalised migrants, manipulating the organisation of flights from the Middle East to Minsk and deliberately orchestrating migrants' onward travel to the EU-Belarus border. With weather conditions endangering migrants' lives, the situation has also led to serious humanitarian consequences. This activity – which many argue ...

Since the Lisbon Treaty, EU national Parliaments have been recognized as relevant and legitimate players at the supranational level and given tools to be involved beyond the scrutiny of their national government. However, the last decade brought new challenges to the Europeanisation of national Parliaments, with several crises boosting intergovernmentalism. This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the ...

Turkey first sought cooperation with the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1959 (European Union (EU) as of 1992), and has since been key partner of the EU on matters relating to migration, counter-terrorism and trade. The EU and Turkey have been linked by an Association Agreement since 1964, and a Customs Union Agreement since 1995. However, in recent years, EU-Turkey relations have been suffered from Turkey's lukewarm adoption of EU standards and democratic principles and Ankara's actions in ...

Until his downfall in 1998, General Suharto ruled Indonesia with an iron fist. Since then, a series of reforms have transformed his authoritarian 'New Order' into the world's third largest democracy (and largest Muslim democracy). Indonesia has a presidential system in which a directly elected president serves as both head of state and of government. A maximum two-term limit on the presidency helps to ensure a peaceful alternation of power. Also directly elected, the House of Representatives (the ...

Wysłuchania kandydatów na komisarzy przed komisjami Parlamentu Europejskiego stanowią nieodłączny element procesu poznawania kandydatów na komisarzy, na podstawie którego Parlament akceptuje proponowany skład Komisji lub go odrzuca. Po udzieleniu odpowiedzi na pytania zadane na piśmie i przedstawieniu deklaracji interesów każdy kandydat na komisarza odbywa jedno wysłuchanie, z udziałem jednej lub kilku komisji parlamentarnych. W poprzednich wysłuchaniach głównymi przedmiotami krytyki wobec niektórych ...

Nepal and Bhutan are two poor landlocked Himalayan countries, sandwiched between a democracy and an authoritarian one-party state: India and China. After an authoritarian past, during the last decade, they have begun reforms in order to switch towards a democratic model. After a long and complicated path, Nepal succeeded in adopting a new constitution in 2015. Its first post-constitution government is run by an alliance of communist parties. In Bhutan, the king has successfully steered the country ...

Cztery lata po podpisaniu układu o stowarzyszeniu oraz pogłębionej i kompleksowej umowy o wolnym handlu (DCFTA) między UE a Ukrainą oraz dwa lata po ich pełnym wejściu w życie Parlament dokonuje obecnie oceny ich wdrożenia. W sprawozdaniu Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych z zadowoleniem przyjęto szereg pozytywnych zmian na Ukrainie, ale zwrócono też uwagę na braki. Parlament przeprowadzi debatę na ten temat na posiedzeniu plenarnym w grudniu.

Upon request by the PETI Committee, the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs commissioned this in-depth analysis on Democratic Transition and Linguistic Minorities in Estonia and Latvia. The writer claims that in order to understand the situation of political representation rights of ethnic and linguistic minorities in Estonia and Latvia it is essential to provide a historical-political framework that contextualizes the presence of such substantial minorities in the ...

Zimbabwe: początek nowej epoki?

W skrócie 31-01-2018

Po przymusowej rezygnacji Roberta Mugabe w dniu 21 listopada 2017 r. po 37 latach na stanowisku prezydenta, w dniu 24 listopada 2017 r. zaprzysiężono nowego prezydenta – Emmersona Mnangagwę, który potwierdził oddanie dla wolnych i uczciwych wyborów, gotowość do walki z korupcją oraz wznowienia dialogu ze społecznością międzynarodową w celu przyciągnięcia inwestycji zagranicznych i ożywienia gospodarki.