[Fudan/China] Special Lecture #24 (31/05/2019) > Special Lectures

Title

The Commission and the Court of the European Union: Preference Signaling or European Activist?

Speaker

                       Olof Larsson

Dates

May 31, 2019

Venue

Room 2801, Wenke Building

Number of

Direct Participants

(researchers and students from your institution)

19

Number of

Indirect Participants

(other audiences like media or residents in your region)

0

Outlines

(up to 5 points)

l  1.What does the EU actually do? The EU is primarily a regulatory organization, shaping Europe societies through its rules and laws.

l  2.How are rules decided? The different roles of the commission, the European Parliament, the council and the court of justice.

l  3. What rules can be adopted? What the EU can do is decided by the treaties. Each EU law has to based on specific articles of the treaties.

l  4. Compliance. Problems with compliance were foreseen from the start. Decentralized monitoring system requires less resources, but facour those who can afford long court proceedings.

l  5. Influence does not mean dominance or control. The commission and the member states do not totally control the court, which has made many radical decisions against the wishes of a majority of member states.