The European Union has nothing resembling a sizable federal budget enabling it to counter an economic recession effectively, but in good times and bad the EU’s structural funds strive to promote economic and social development in regions lagging behind. In the face of the economic recession, the EU tries to accelerate cohesion spending. Today we look at the legal framework of the European Re...

Social policy has been a contested area of European Community (European Union) policy at times. We look at social objectives among the general EU and EC aims before we present the objectives in the Title on social policy. *** European Union objectives Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) first mentions the objectives to promote economic and social progress and a high level of employment...

European leaders gather for emergency talks amid concern at the scale of the economic crisis within the European Union.

THE head of the European Union has claimed that the worst of the economic crisis is over and the recovery is accelerating.

The preambles of existing and future treaties mention economic and social progress among the main reasons for European integration. The Commission has a treaty obligation to report annually on the achievement of the social policy objectives and on the demographic situation in the European Community (European Union). We look at the relevant provisions of the current Treaty establishing the European...

You know, we’re in a political and economic union with these people. And yes, they do help to determine what the law is in our own country. We really do need to leave the European Union, we really do. In just the past decade the wage bill of the Greek public sector has doubled, in real terms—and

THE head of the European Union has claimed that the worst of the economic crisis is over and the recovery is accelerating.

We look at the European Community (European Union): How much union is there in the economic union? *** As a prelude, Article 2 of the Treaty establishing the European Community (TEC) reminds us that ‘The Community shall have as its task, by establishing a common market and an economic and monetary union … ‘. *** Article 4 TEC presents the guiding principles for the economic and ...

Sustainable development is one of the fundamental principles of the European Community (European Union), both internally and internationally. The environmental, economic and social aspects of sustainable development are clearly felt, when we look at the environment policy objectives of the European Union. The Treaty of Lisbon underlines the importance of action against climate change (supported by...

Energy supply, severe economic difficulties and solidarity have the makings of an interesting testing ground for the European Union in the years ahead. The previous posting mentioned some UK references to Article 122 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). We now turn to legislative materials from Sweden and Finland as well as some commentaries in book form. *** Sweden The c...