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Organizacja i przebieg Narodowego Plebiscytu Pokoju w województwie opolskim
2018
The National Plebiscite for Peace took place in Poland between 17 and 22 May 1951 under the auspices of the Polish Committee of the Defenders of Peace. The campaign aimed to gather signatures under the Berlin Appeal announced by the World Peace Council as regards signing the Peace Treaty between five world powers. Voting was preceded by an intensive propaganda campaign in defence of peace and condemning “warmongers”. In Opole Voivodeship, analogically to the whole country, numerous peace committees came into existence before the plebiscite. A group of about 40,000 activists were recruited. Many gatherings, mass meetings and demonstrations were organized. Propaganda was conducted by means of…
Ewolucja roli mniejszości niemieckiej w Polsce oraz Polonii w Niemczech w stosunkach polsko-niemieckich pod koniec XX wieku i na początku XXI wieku
2016
Both German minority in Poland and Polonia in Germany constitute undoubtedly – along with the history, geographical location and common membership of the Republic of Poland’s and German Federal Republic’s to EU and NATO – one of more important determinants of relations between both states. As to the issue of execution of rights of Germans in Poland and Polonia in German the breakthrough took place as a result of signing Treaty on good neighborhood and friendly cooperation on 17.06.1991. On both sides though there are the charges formulated about the lack of full execution of the Treaty provisions. The subject of controversy is, on the one hand, their status – inequality of terminology used …
Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment, Survival Clauses and Reform of International Investment Law
2016
In the last decade, international investment law has been on a trajectory of rapid evolution with reform high on agenda priorities. Reform requires a reconciliation of competing interests, which is generally so difficult to achieve that it is often unclear whether an option constitutes ‘reform’ or unwanted change. Two specific treaty provisions, the most-favoured-nation (MFN) treatment and survival clauses, can interfere with the reform process and become an impediment to changing the rules of the game. This is particularly true when political will is present. The MFN treatment, a guarantee of non-discrimination present in the quasi-totality of investment treaties, can have far-reaching ram…
Second chamber, ‘congress of ambassadors’ or federal presidency : Parliamentary and non-parliamentary aspects in the European Council's rules of proc…
2015
SUMMARYThe development of the European Union (EU) regime, with the frequent changes of institutions and their competencies by treaty revisions, allows for new opportunities for parliamentary studies. This article discusses the role and competencies of the European Council (EC) in the EU regime, using the heuristic and methodological resources of procedural commentaries, parliamentary rhetoric, conceptual history and political regime analysis. This study is a textual analysis, based on the 2009 Lisbon Treaty and especially on the EC's rules of procedure. The Lisbon Treaty and the respective rules of procedure serve as key documents that fix the rules, the framework and the margin of manoeuvr…
Challenges of a Post-Communist Presidency: Vaira Vike-Freiberga and the Leadership of Latvia
2017
In 1999, Vaira Vikṃe-Freiberga became the first woman president elected in Latvia, as well as the first female executive to assume that office in the post-communist Central and East European region. She was elected by the democratic unicameral legislature and completed two terms in office. President Vikṃe-Freiberga enjoyed record-high-approval ratings and achieved significant political successes, overseeing the accession of Latvia to the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. As president, Vikṃe-Freiberga did not embrace an explicitly feminist agenda: faced with economic challenges in a newly capitalist country, societal challenges in a country with ethnic tensions betwe…
The effects of sharing sustainable technology R&D on EU competition law
2022
This paper explores the significance of EU competition system in attaining envisioned sustainability targets by analysing the prospective symbiosis between European competition and patent law. Furthermore, this research evaluates both the plausible threats in the internal market stemming from lenient competition legislation as well as highlighting the apparent benefits of coordinating EU intellectual property and antitrust law to facilitate innovation. The goal of this research is to determine whether such polar opposites can indeed be merged into sustainable competition policy or will it end up fostering breeding ground for collusive behaviour in the common market.
Magna Carta and the Charter of the European Union
2016
Peter Gjortler explains that the EU Charter was originally introduced as a non-binding re-statement of rights – already acknowledged or interpreted in the EU – with the Nice Treaty of 2001. It was supposed to be a binding document as part of the European Constitution but the latter was rejected notably by France via a referendum in 2005. It was then proposed as a legally binding instrument with the revised Lisbon Treaty. He develops a systematic comparative approach between Magna Carta and the provisions of the Charter of the European Union, notably:
The Revision Procedures of the Treaty
2011
A review of the diverse reforms of constituent Treaties of the European Communities shows that the revision procedures have not occupied an outstanding place in the design of the constitutional structure of the European Union (EU). That is especially true if we consider two terms in connection: revision (of the Treaties) and ratification (by the States Parties).
European Committee of the Regions after the Conference on the future of Europe
2022
questo lavoro analizza il ruolo, l’organizzazione e le competenze del Comitato europeo delle Regioni alla luce dell’evoluzione normativa che ha contraddistinto l’organismo considerato il “guardiano della sussidiarietà europea” nel rapporto con i cittadini e i territori. In particolare si approfondiscono le possibili traiettorie di riforma nella prospettiva della Conferenza sul futuro dell’Europa.
Governance economica europea e principi democratici dell'UE.
2013
L'articolo esamina le risposte date dagli Stati membri e dalle istituzioni dell'Unione europea al problema della legittimità democratica delle riforme alla governance economica. A tal fine l'articolo si preoccupa in particolare di esaminare il ruolo giocato dai principi democratici nel "six pack", nel Meccanismo europeo di stabilità finanziaria e nel Trattato che istituisce il MES. This Article examines the Member States and the European Union's response to the issue of democratic legitimacy of the revised economic governance. To that effect the article examines the role of democratic principles in the "six pacj", in the EMFS, and in the ESM treaty.