class 17

Question 1

Which other organizations have to deal with border issues?

Answer 1

(ordered in bilateral agreements) UN

Question 2

what are the different issues of border control?

Answer 2

2 homes in 2 different countries, marriage, and divorce (ban on divorce in Ireland)

Question 3

what are the three pillars of the Maastricht Treaty?

Answer 3

a) Communities. single market, political, economic, and monetary union
b) common foreign and security policy
c) cooperation in justice and home affairs

Question 4

when were the pillars abolished?

Answer 4

(2007) through the lisbon treaty

Question 5

when was the Schengen Agreement

Answer 5

1985

Question 6

what was the Schengen Agreement?

Answer 6

(1985) France, Germany, and the Benelux (come together in creating external borders and police cooperation within, cannot wait for EU, lead by France and Germany)

Question 7

what and when were the 4 nordic countries that joined the Schengen Agreement? NDFS

Answer 7

norway, denmark, finland and sweden, Iceland in 1995

Question 8

Why could Ireland not participate in the Schengen Agreement?

Answer 8

UK was not interested in participating, Ireland would’ve been but no common travel area with the UK, and they couldn’t have that

Question 9

what is the aim for the Schengen Agreement?

Answer 9

abolish border checks, make it easier to cross borders and strengthening external border (non Schengen members could get in) and judicial cooperation

Question 10

why was the Schengen Agreement a problem?

Answer 10

Because it was not democratic and the EU was

Question 11

When was the Maastricht Treaty?

Answer 11

1993

Question 12

Explain the third pillar more specifically.

Answer 12

asylum policy, crossing of external borders, immigration , combating, drug addiction, combatting international fraud, judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters, customs cooperation , police cooperation

Question 13

What is the 40.3.3?

Answer 13

ban on abortion in Ireland

Question 14

what was the problem with the Maastricht Treaty?

Answer 14

the Schengen agreement still existed

Question 15

How was the Amsterdam Treaty brought together?

Answer 15

Schengen agreement brought within the framework of the Union

Question 16

To what name did the Lisbon Treaty abolish the pillar structure?

Answer 16

Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice and made it more use of qualified majority voting

Question 17

Explain the October 2017 issue

Answer 17

Catalonia’s president held a referendum on independence, with 92% voting yes. Spain declared it unconstitutional, sought his extradition from Belgium, and accused him of rebellion. The case was later ruled not a rebellion, but remains unresolved

Question 18

What does the October 2017 show?

Answer 18

It shows it’s not perfect, but there weren’t any wars

Question 19

what are the key objectives of AFSJ?

Answer 19

Ensure no internal border checks, with a unified asylum, immigration, and external border policy, promoting fairness and solidarity among member states AND all relayed to EU citizenship in the Maastricht treaty

Question 20

Explain the Human Rights Promotion in the EU (2017 initiating this process) Internally

Answer 20

• Article 2 of the TEU (treaty of European Union)
• Article 7
• Roman people were discriminated against in a lot of parts of Europe (the commission initiated Art 7 proceedings against Hunagray (2018) and Poland (2017) introduced Lisbon treaty)

Question 21

explain article 2 of the TEU

Answer 21

the union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law, and respect for the human rights of persons belonging to minorities

Question 22

Explain Article 7 of the TEU

Answer 22

is the main treaty mechanism to deal with member states that breach the values outlined in Article 2

Question 23

Explain the Human Rights Promotion in the EU (2017 initiating this process) Externally

Answer 23

a) prerequisite for countries seeking to join the Union eg. Turkey (abolishing death penalty and gender discrimination)
b) a precondition for countries who have concluded trade and other agreement with the Union eg. Russia V. Ukraine and the case of Zimbabwe

Question 24

What are the future challenges?

Answer 24

no internal market without control of external borders