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This paper demonstrates the use of an in-class simulation to model negotiations in the European Council. Simulations are an increasingly popular way to teach the complex processes of policy making & negotiations in the European Union (EU) where institutional procedures are difficult to understand & where intergovernmental & supranational issues often conflict. Advocates of active learning promote simulations to get students more involved & to reach an increasingly diverse student body. The simulation presented here has three separate sessions, each covering a different issue & lasting for a week (two class days) each. Modeling the European Council allows students to experience the intergovernmental side of policy decisions in the European Union while at the same time learning about the issues facing EU policymakers. It is a useful tool for teaching about the EU presidency & a worthwhile exercise for studying the national aspects of European integration. Student surveys indicate that students process the information they gain by role playing better than information they receive in the traditional classroom. A simulation of the European Council gives students a base for understanding issues of European integration & can serve as a springboard for further study of EU institutions. 15 References. Adapted from the source document.

Legal theory has been much occupied with understanding legal systems and analysing the concept of legal system. This has usually been done on the tacit or explicit assumption that legal systems and states are co-terminous. But since the Rome Treaty there has grown up in Europe a `new legal order', neither national law nor international law, and under its sway older conceptions of state sovereignty have been rendered obsolete. At the same time, it has been doubted whether the `European Union' that has grown out of the original `European Communities' has a satisfactory constitution or any constitution at all. What kind of legal and political entity is this `Union' and how does it relate juridically and politically to its member states? Further, the activity of construing or constructing `legal system' and legal knowledge becomes visibly problematic in this context. These essays wrestle with the above problems

The EUSB (European Sports Badge) is meant to target a large audience through popular sports. Modern sport and its various events have been originated in Europe during the past two centuries. Physical exercise and personal fitness are nowadays well-respected and truly popular. This study aims at responding to the question, to what extent popular sport can make a contribution to the genesis, the implementation, and the fostering of a mutually acknowledged and experienced EU-identity. A differentiation between the two main spheres of sport, professional sports and popular sports, shows that the official and documented emphasis of the EU on the professional sphere hitherto led to negligence and a misconceiving attitude towards mass sports so far.

"In Constituting Federal Sovereignty: The European Union in Comparative Context Goldstein identifies three significant predecessors to today's European Union: the Dutch Union of the 17th century, the United States of America from the 1787 Constitution to the Civil War, and the first half-century of the modern Swiss federation, beginning in 1848. She examines the processes by which federalization took place, what made for its success, and what contributed to its problems. She explains why resistance to federal authority, although similar in kind, varied significantly in degree in the cases examined. And she explores the crucial roles played by such factors as sovereignty-honoring elements within the institutional structure of the federation, the circumstances of its formation (revolt against distant empire versus aftermath of war among member states), and notably, the internal culture of respect for the rule of law in the member states."--Jacket

IN 1992 THE MAASTRICHT TREATY DEBATE IN FRANCE REVEALED DIFFERENCE OF VIEW BETWEEN THE COUNTRY'S LEADING POLITICIANS ABOUT THE DESIRABILITY OF WIDENING THE EUROPEAN UNION TO INCLUDE FORMERLY COMMUNIST STATES FROM CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE. IN PARTICULAR, A DIVIDE APPEARED BETWEEN THOSE WHO HAD HAD CHARGE OF THE NATION'S GOVERNMENT FOR MUCH OF THE 1970S AND 1980S AND WERE SINGULARLY RETICENT, AND, ON THE OTHER SIDE, PROMINENT FIGURES FROM THE NEO-GAULLIST RPR (RASSEMBLEMENT POUR LA REPUPUBLIQUE.) THE RPR HAVE ALREADY DECLARED THEMSELVES STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF OPENING THE WAY TO THE EUROPEAN UNION'S ENLARGEMENT EASTWARDS.