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The European Union 2

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The European Union

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Enlargement

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Enlargement

Increase in the membership of the EU,May 2004, from 15 25 members

More states wanting to join Turkey,Ukraine, Croatia, Romania

Impact

Greater opportunities

Greater diversity

Greater challenges?

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Enlargement

Enlargement brings new countries withnew problems

Poverty, unemployment, regionaleconomic problems, different culturesand different employment regimespresent problems to EU policy makers

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Constitution

The enlargement of the EU has necessitatednegotiating a new Constitution not just for nowbut to cater for future expansion of the EU

Decision making

how should it be madeand by who? Voting rights of members?Majority voting? Vetoes?

Subsidiarity the principle that decision makingshould be made as far as possible at local level

rather than the EU legislating for allBut:

Economic impact EU already dominateslegislation in a wide variety of areas

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The Role of the EU

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The Role of the EU

What should the role of the EU be?

Enabling economies and the free

market to operate more efficiently?Legislating to correct market failure?

Acting as a benevolent dictator for

the common European good? Two key areas of EU policy

with regard to the Social Agenda:

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Poverty

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Poverty in the EU

Impact of a Europe-wideageing population pensions, health care

Discrimination against

ethnic minorities,women, the elderly,disabled

Establishing the extentof welfare provision incentives v protection(safety net)

Establishing a minimumincome scheme the lessons of the CAP?

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was successful inraising agricultural output across Europe but at a hugecost to EU taxpayers. Could intervention by the EU inrelation to minimum income schemes have the sameresults; is such intervention desirable and do the ends

justify the means?

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Unemployment

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Unemployment in the EU

Several members withunemployment problems

Fiscal, supply side and monetarypolicies can be used by the EUto combat such problems

What are the consequences?

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Unemployment in the EU

Policies that affect the labour marketcould help protect some but causeproblems to others

Will such interventionlead to a less flexible labour market?

Will this limit the freedoms provided

by the single market to encourage freemovement of labour across the Union?

Will it lead to government failureon a Europe-wide scale?

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