Schools Beyond Regions and Borders
Lessons
European Union
The Institutions and Policies of the EU
prof. Marco Brunazzo
Abstract

 

The institutional architecture of the EU was inspired by the US
Constitutional principle of ’checks and balances‘ whereby the legislative,
executive and judicial powers are shared among several institutions to
prevent concentration of power. Being a supranational organisation, the
EU has also divided powers vertically in order to represent the interests
of different electorates, that is the European citizens (represented in the
European Parliament), the Member States (European Council and Council
of the European Union), and the Union itself (European Commission).

 

The aim of this complex system is not decision-making in itself, but rather the
search for consensus, which the Union seeks to enable by offering a
structure that allows to manage conflicts and facilitate arrangements
among Member States. With the aim of promoting the wellbeing, security
and interests of its citizens, the EU mainly intervenes in the following
domains: economic, agricultural, environmental, trade, security and
foreign policy.

 

Students' outputs

Gymnasium Sonthofen (Sonthofen, Germany)
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Gymnasium Sonthofen (Sonthofen, Germany)
Gymnasium Sonthofen (Sonthofen, Germany)
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