Eu – russia relations and wto hamburg 4 december 2017 european union and eurasian economic union comparison and opportunities for cooperation

EU – RUSSIA RELATIONS AND WTO HAMBURG 4 DECEMBER 2017 EUROPEAN UNION AND EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION COMPARISON AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COOPERATION

• PROF DR JAAP W. DE ZWAAN
• EM. PROF EUROPEAN UNION LAW
• ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM AND
• FORMER LECTOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
• THE HAGUE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

EU NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY

Contents

• International cooperation
• European Union
• EU-Russia relations
• Eurasian Economic Union
• EU and EEU, a comparison
• Restrictions and Opportunities for future cooperation

International cooperation

• Intergovernmental
• Sovereign States
• Consensus
• Approval by national parliaments
• Supranational
• Transfer of competences
• Institutions
• Decision making procedures
• Legal instruments
• Own financial resources
• Legal personality

European Union

• Peace project
• After the Second World War
• Peace, stability and prosperity
• From 6 to 28 Member States
• Enlargement: candidate-Member States
• Shrinking: withdrawal United Kingdom (‘Brexit’)?
• Agenda
• Economic cooperation including EMU
• Justice and Home Affairs
• Foreign policy and Defence

Policies European Union 1

• Internal market
• Area without frontiers: free movement of goods, persons, services and capital
• Internal market ‘plus’(selection)
• Transport
• Agriculture
• Environment, Research
• Social and regional
• Energy
• Economic and Monetary Union
• Coordination national economic policies
• Euro as single currency

Policies European Union 2

• Justice and Home Affairs
• Free movement of persons
• Visa, Asylum and Immigration
• Criminal law cooperation
• Police cooperation
• Common Foreign and Security Policy
• Foreign policy
• Defence