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Der Rechnungshof
Der Europäische Rechnungshof (EuRH) ist für die Prüfung der EU-Finanzen zuständig. Als externer Prüfer der EU trägt er zur Verbesserung der Haushaltsführung der EU bei und fungiert zugleich als unabhängiger Hüter der finanziellen Interessen der Unionsbürgerinnen und Unionsbürger.
Beschlussfassungsverfahren auf zwischenstaatlicher Ebene
Das Beschlussfassungsverfahren für die Gemeinsame Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik (GASP) und einige andere Bereiche, z. B. die Verstärkte Zusammenarbeit, bestimmte Ernennungen und Überarbeitungen der Verträge, unterscheidet sich vom ordentlichen Gesetzgebungsverfahren. In diesen Bereichen ist die zwischenstaatliche Zusammenarbeit von wesentlicher Bedeutung. Durch die Herausforderungen der Staatsschuldenkrise kommen solche Beschlussfassungsverfahren verstärkt zum Einsatz, insbesondere im Rahmen der ...
Das Subsidiaritätsprinzip
Für die Bereiche, die nicht in die ausschließliche Zuständigkeit der Union fallen, wird mit dem im Vertrag über die Europäische Union verankerten Subsidiaritätsprinzip festgelegt, unter welchen Umständen die Union befugt ist, vor den Mitgliedstaaten tätig zu werden.
Implications of the Digital Transformation on Different Social Groups
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the PETI Committee, analyses the impact of digitalization on vulnerable social groups in terms of lower income and education, age, people affected by disabilities, minority ethnic groups and people living in remote/isolated geographic areas. It includes a review of the relevant academic literature, secondary data analysis, as well as three case studies focused ...
Voting from abroad in European Parliament elections
Across the European Union (EU), national provisions regarding the right to vote for citizens living abroad are not consistent. However, recent legislative changes seem to suggest a positive trend towards allowing out-of-country voting in most EU Member States. When it comes to voting from abroad, countries need to carefully assess and address various issues. These include: the identification of potential voters; how to inform them about their right to vote and stand as a candidate from abroad; the ...
Plenary round-up – March 2024
Among the highlights of the March 2024 plenary session were the debates on preparation of the European Council meeting on 21 and 22 March 2024; the need to address urgent concerns regarding Ukrainian children forcibly deported to Russia, and the need to ensure the stability of EU agricultural production and impose sanctions on imports of Russian and Belarussian food and agricultural products to the EU. Members also debated the return of Romanian national treasure illegally appropriated by Russia. ...
Examples of Parliament's impact: 2019 to 2024 - Illustrating the powers of the European Parliament
As the European Union's only directly elected institution, the European Parliament stands at the heart of European representative democracy, the foundation upon which the EU is built. Since its creation, the Parliament's powers have evolved significantly, and it is now a fully fledged legislative body and forum for discussion and engagement, whose influence is felt in virtually all areas of EU activity. This paper offers an overview of the European Parliament's main powers, demonstrating how they ...
Federalism in the European Parliament: From Ventotene to the Spinelli Group
Following the conclusion of the Conference on the Future of Europe in May 2022, it remains to be seen whether the European Union will embark on substantial Treaty reform in the future. Federalists are pushing for such reform, however, and they have organised themselves for this purpose in the European Parliament ever since Altiero Spinelli created the 'Crocodile Club' in 1980. His key role in defining and advocating a constitution for a federal Europe – from his co-authored 1941 Ventotene Manifesto ...
Jacques Delors’ legacy [What Think Tanks are thinking]
Jacques Delors, a passionate advocate of European integration, is widely considered to be the father of the European single market and the economic and monetary union. Previously a trade union activist, French Finance Minister, and MEP in the first directly elected European Parliament, he served three terms as the President of the European Commission, from 1985 to 1995. Jacques Delors died on 27 December 2023, aged 98. Following his death, he leaves behind a huge legacy, with numerous commentators ...
Plenary round-up – February II 2024
The highlight of the February II 2024 plenary session was the address by Yulia Navalnaya, widow of the assassinated Russian opposition activist and 2021 Sakharov Prize laureate Alexey Navalny. Important debates took place on European security and defence and the war in Gaza. Members adopted a large number of provisional agreements reached in interinstitutional negotiations. Members also adopted several agreements at first reading, on which negotiations with the Council would be required in the new ...