uk essay P's Flashcards
” Evaluate the impact of leaving the EU on parliamentary sovereignity”
(1) There is no higher law which could stike down any laws
- laws passed by parliement which contradicted EU law
, the EU judiciary could stike it down and force parliament to change their laws
- e.g. Factorame case 1990 , when the law lords ruled the merchant shipping act was contradicting EU law which required the EU to change it.
- Now the Uk left could pass their won laws
(2) Parliament could now legislate on areas it used to have no control over
- EU used to have control over trade, fisheries, agriculture etc
- The UK parliament could no longer legislate on these areas, between 1993 - 2014 there were 231 act of parliament passed that were passed due to EU obligation
- after leaving the Uk now has the retained EU law bill which could reject/amend/ pass on former EU legisalation
(3) Sovereignity has been given back to the PM instead of parilament
- Uk regained a lot of power over policy area which were previously controlled by the EU
- The retained EU law bill introduced by the govt was meant to be give to the executive rather than parliament
- The march 2023 UK - Asia trade deal was signed without parliament consent
” Evaluate the veiw the european union has achieved its aim?”
(1) Political union
- creating a closer political union and more cooperation
- led to wide range of institutions such as the European commission (the buearcracy), the european parliament ( elected reprsentatives of each member state), the european court of justice (judicary) and european council
- some of these institutons have supranational character which means they have more authority of instutions in domestic countries
(2) Economic Union
- Establishing an economic and monetary union was a key principle for most of the states
- This lead to the creation of the eurozone and the Eurpean central bank which has the power to set interest rates
- The euro was commissioned in 1999 and by 2014 19 countries have accepted the euro as their main currency but Britain and denmark opted out as they didnt want to surrender economically
- also growing tensions as many staes were bailed out durning the 2008/09 crash
(3) Four freedoms
- free freedom of moevement of goods, services, capital, people
- intended to create a single european market
- When the schengen area was introduced in 1995 it removed all border control between member states but England and Northern Ireland rejected this idea
- Some have intrdocuced border controls in 2015 due to the new influx of migrants
