EUROPEAN BUSINESS

European Business

European Business

Task 1: Process of European enlargement and integration

The intention of this paper is to identify the advantages and disadvantages for both Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) and the European Union, when the CEECs eventually join the EU. This will be done by first introducing the subject through a brief background concerning past enlargements of the Union, and will continue by outlining the countries that have been accepted as candidates. Moving on, the various criteria for accession will be identified, as will the process involved in the negotiations between candidate countries and the EU.

Task 2 EU laws and Directive affect UK Business

The proposed enlargement of the European Union into Central and Eastern Europe is one of the most important opportunities for the Union as it moves further into the 21st century. Never before, in the history of the EU, has an expansion of such scale been attempted. It is a unique proposal that marks yet another milestone in the growing integration of a continent that is characterised by stability, prosperity and peace within and between both its current and future member states.

Significance of EU Membership to the UK Economy

The paper will then concentrate on the various advantages that the enlargement may carry for both the Union and the CEECs, and in contrast to this the final part of the paper will identify the disadvantages for the EU and the CEECs that may occur if the proposed enlargement goes ahead as planned.

Implications of EU Enlargement

The distinguished scholar of public law, Paul Craig, has seen how such changes in EU legislation could influence and even determine the increase in responsibility for the offence in the United Kingdom government domestic law. He argues powerfully that it would impose too onerous regime in the state, which would delay or prevent the many daily activities to scrutinise the legality of its conduct and propriety. It would take too defensive procedures, spend too much time to make individual decisions and, in general, may be restricted in their social activities, especially where the exercise of discretion is involved. The control of such action in accordance with state law, one: the establishment of an additional liability of mistakes along the way is another. Here, it will provide a remedy in damages if the violation is a serious one (This will normally be taken depending on the circumstances, because of the importance of the rule of law by the state), and when the rights have been violated.

The Major Advantages/Disadvantages of EU Membership To The UK

The enlargement process began in December 1997 at the Luxembourg summit where the EU agreed to open accession negotiations with six countries out of the thirteen central and eastern European applicants2. The applicants are as follows: Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Turkey. At this summit, the European Council decided that the enlargement process should encompass: the European Conference, a multilateral framework that brings together ten Central ...