By Geoffrey K. Roberts
An ideal spouse to eu Politics this present day, written by means of an analogous authors, this publication provides earlier occasions, renowned personalities, vital dates, agencies, and electoral info in an available, easy-to-read layout. it really is cut up into 5 sections for ease of use: a dictionary of important political occasions, a chronology of significant occasions in Europe due to the fact that 1945, a biographical dictionary, a dictionary of political enterprises, and electoral facts. as well as being a finished reference instrument, this ebook will offer a valid historic history to the improvement of Western ecu politics. in regards to the AuthorGeoffrey ok. Roberts is Part-Time Lecturer within the division of Politics, college of Manchester. Patricia Hogwood is Lecturer in Politics, collage of Glasgow. [C:\Users\Microsoft\Documents\Calibre Library]
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European enlargement Enlargement refers to the four successive waves of new membership acceding to the European Communities in addition to the six founder members: Belgium, France, (West) Germany, Luxembourg, Italy and the Netherlands. The first enlargement took place in 1973 and brought in Denmark, Ireland and the UK as members. In 1981, Greece joined, and, in 1986, Portugal and Spain. Austria, Finland and Sweden joined in 1995. Countries applying to join the EU include Turkey, Cyprus, Malta and many of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEEC).
Within the EU, executive and legislative functions are not divided between a government and a Parliament respectively, as is the case in national politics in most European countries. Instead, they are largely shared between three EU institutions: the Commission, the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament. As the EU has no single ‘executive’, it is difficult to control by the traditional means of parliamentary scrutiny or a constitutional court. Many decisions are made behind closed doors and it has been left to the media to expose major problems of fraud, mismanagement and corruption.
In spite of the anti-collaborator policy, some Vichy officials were even elected to Parliament after 1945. [See also: Resistance groups; Vichy regime] Colonels’ coup (Greece) Following a series of centre-left governments in Greece in the 1960s, a Colonels’ coup (Greece) military coup was carried out in Greece in April 1967 by a group of officers, led by Colonel Papadopoulos. This military junta – which claimed, falsely, to have the support of King Constantine (who had come to the throne on the death of his father, King Paul, in 1964) – declared a state of emergency, suspending the constitution and abolishing civil liberties.