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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 ...

In 2011, following the outbreak of protests – known as the Jasmine Revolution – which toppled President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's regime, Tunisia embarked on a path to democratic transition and socio-economic transformation, emulating the reforms and governance practices of established liberal democracies. Nearly eight years on, the country has made significant progress, including in the social sphere, and has emerged as a regional leader in institutional reform. However, to avoid jeopardising the ...

Nearly three years have passed since the adoption of a revised protocol that will grant the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) legislative powers and considerably strengthen the institution within the overall African governance system. While very few countries have ratified the protocol so far, the acceleration of its ratification procedures is a priority for the recently elected PAP president. The EP and the PAP enjoy a long-standing partnership and both of them have an important role to play in monitoring ...

This briefing provides an update on the revision of the posting of workers directive in the European Parliament, and thus a follow up to the June 2016 study prepared for the EMPL Committee ‘Posting of Workers Directive - current situation and challenges’, the May 2016 EPRS appraisal of the Commission Impact Assessment ‘Revision of the Posting of Workers Directive’, and the March 2017 EPRS briefing ‘Posting of Workers Directive’.

To complement the European Implementation Assessment, Working with national parliaments on EU affairs, prepared for the Committee on Constitutional Affairs' implementation report on implementation of the Treaty provisions on national parliaments, an anonymous survey was made of the permanent representatives of Member States' national parliaments in the European Parliament. The survey was carried out between 23 August and 30 September 2017 by the Ex-Post Evaluation Unit of the Directorate for Impact ...

Napredek na področju evropske integracije je spremenil vlogo nacionalnih parlamentov. Uvedeni so bili različni instrumenti sodelovanja med Evropskim parlamentom in nacionalnimi parlamenti, namenjeni učinkovitemu demokratičnemu nadzoru evropske zakonodaje na vseh ravneh. Ta trend se je okrepil z določbami, uvedenimi z Lizbonsko pogodbo.

Evropska unija, ZDA in Kanada imajo skupne vrednote, kot so demokracija, človekove pravice, gospodarska in politična svoboda, povezujejo pa jih tudi skupni zunanjepolitični in varnostni interesi. 30. oktobra 2016 sta bila podpisana celovit gospodarski in trgovinski sporazum med EU in Kanado ter sporazum o strateškem partnerstvu, ki ju je Parlament odobril 15. februarja 2017. Pogajanja o čezatlantskem partnerstvu za trgovino in naložbe med EU in ZDA, ki so se začela 8. julija 2013, so bila po izvolitvi ...

Evropska sosedska politika zajema Alžirijo, Egipt, Izrael, Jordanijo, Libanon, Libijo, Maroko, Palestino, Sirijo in Tunizijo. Tvorijo jo dvostranske politike EU in desetih posameznih partnerskih držav, v okviru regionalnega sodelovanja pa jo dopolnjuje tudi Unija za Sredozemlje. EU je v odziv na vstaje v južni soseščini v okviru evropske sosedske politike leta 2011 okrepila podporo demokratični preobrazbi. Leta 2015 je to politiko ponovno pregledala.

Odnosi Evropske unije z Latinsko Ameriko in Karibi so večplastni in se odvijajo na različnih ravneh. Evropska unija (EU) z vso regijo sodeluje na vrhovih voditeljev držav in vlad, sporazumi in politični dialogi pa povezujejo EU s Karibi, Srednjo Ameriko, Andsko skupnostjo, Mercosurjem in posameznimi državami.

Evropska unija je sklenila sporazuma o sodelovanju s Svetom za sodelovanje v Zalivu (regionalna organizacija, ki združuje Bahrajn, Kuvajt, Oman, Katar, Savdsko Arabijo in Združene arabske emirate) in z Jemnom ter sporazum o partnerstvu in sodelovanju z Irakom. Trenutno nima pogodbenih odnosov z Iranom, priznava pa, da obstaja velik potencial za tesnejše odnose.