INTRO

Question 1

KEY TERMS

Answer 1

• accession: the process by which the member states join EU
• competence: authority to govern a particular policy area
• conferral: principle that the EU Only has the power to act where such competence is bestowed upon it by MS (member states)
• enlargement: addition of new MS
• legal autonomy: independence of a legal system such that it is not legally bound by any other system except where it has agreed to be
• ratification: formal consent to a treaty at national level

Question 2

EU TODAY

Answer 2

• MS procedures and relationships are set out by TFEU and TEU
• EU aims to engender political and economic cooperation between countries in Europe
• EU promotes 4 freedoms : free movement of people, goods, services and capital
• values are set out in article 2 TEU
• objectives set out in article 3 TEU