Category: European Union
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The European Unions Role in the Middle East Peace
One of the foremost aspects of todays geopolitical reality in the world is the fact that, as time goes one, the scope of the EUs activities in the Middle East assumes qualitatively new subtleties. Whereas, as recently as a few decades ago, the EU was exclusively associated with the deployment of the so-called soft power…
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Gender Mainstreaming of European Union Institutions
Gender equality has been a subject of discussion for a long time in all parts of the world. To enhance gender equality, various governments and nongovernmental organizations have come up with different policies to help in ensuring that women and men are availed with equal opportunities at all institutions and in all levels. For example,…
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The Kotka-Hamina City-Region and EU Policy-Making
Policy-making in the European Union is distinctive because of the multi-level government. In particular, the member countries of the Union are under pressure from both national and supranational politicians. With regard to spatial planning, these institutional constraints can represent a significant obstacle to the effective development of territories. However, the example of the city region…
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Reduced Migration to the EU: Aid for Turkey and Africa
Three years ago, the European Union faced the biggest influx of migrants since the Second World War. At the peak of the crisis, the relationships between European states were characterized by unrelievable tension due to the growing uncertainty as to how to handle the refugees. When wars and economic turmoils in the Middle East and…
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The European Unions Foreign Policy
The foreign policy of the European Union (EU) is, first of all, the issues of ensuring peace and security in Europe and on the planet as a whole and preventing and eliminating armed conflicts. The main elements of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) are civilian and military capabilities, sanctions, and EU special representatives…
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The European Union Facing Global Crisis
The world is going through one of the toughest moments in decades. Russia started the war in Ukraine, causing massive problems in economics for the whole world. However, besides the financial crisis, the European Union has had enough of its own unsolved problems. One of the occasions that affected the European Unions power was Brexit,…
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Economic and Sovereignty Concerns Related to Brexit
Introduction The issue of Brexit has been a particularly divisive one for the British people, with arguments both in support and against it being said all around the nation. As a whole, Britains left seems to be much more eager to support the remain option, than the leave one, betraying a lack of critical assessment…
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The European Unions Preference of Soft Power
Introduction After European involvement in major military wars during the 20th century, the regions foreign policy approaches changed significantly. An important feature in this change is the establishment of the European Union, which brought together 27 member states with the aim of developing an economic and social system. It sought to achieve close integration and…
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German Leadership in the European Union
The rising influence of Germany within the EU has generated much discussion in recent years. The Treaty of Lisbons revised processes for deciding EU foreign policy, which significantly delegated formal leadership to the EU level, have changed the relationship between EU institutions and member states and made it more difficult to understand how and why…
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Ukraine Should Not Join the European Union
Table of Contents The Nature of the Problem Environmental Situation in Ukraine vs the Demands of EU Opportunities for Improvement Conclusion Works Cited The debate over Ukraine joining the European Union has had many opponents as well as supporters. It has been a matter of discussion both among the Ukrainian citizens and European community. After…