20 Terms
Contributors in Mechanisms
Mechanisms
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
Government; Mechanisms
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a multinational treaty for the purpose of establishing international standards for intellectual property rights enforcement. The agreement aims to ...
Convergence criteria
Government; Mechanisms
Within the EU in order to ensure the sustainable convergence required for the achievement of economic and monetary union (EMU), the Treaty sets four convergence criteria which must be met by each ...
Collective defence
Government; Mechanisms
Collective defence refers to participation in the defence of Europe under the Treaties of Brussels (Article V) and Washington (Article 5), which stipulate that in the event of aggression, the ...
'Variable-geometry' Europe
Government; Mechanisms
'Variable-geometry' Europe is the term used to describe the idea of a method of differentiated integration which acknowledges that there are irreconcilable differences within the integration ...
Europe 'à la carte'
Government; Mechanisms
This refers to the idea of a non-uniform method of integration which allows Member States of EU to select policies as if from a menu and involve themselves fully in those policies; there would still ...
Accession criteria
Government; Mechanisms
Any country seeking membership of the European Union (EU) must conform to the conditions set out by Article 49 and the principles laid down in Article 6(1) of the Treaty on European Union. Relevant ...
Constructive аbstention
Government; Mechanisms
Constructive abstention is the idea of allowing a State, member of EU, to abstain on a vote in Council under the common foreign and security policy (CFSP), without blocking a unanimous decision. This ...
