- accession: the process by which the member states join EU - competence: authority to govern a particular policy area - conferral: principle that the EU Only has the power to act where such competence is bestowed upon it by MS (member states) - enlargement: addition of new MS - legal autonomy: independence of a legal system such that it is not legally bound by any other system except where it has agreed to be - ratification: formal consent to a treaty at national level

- MS procedures and relationships are set out by TFEU and TEU - EU aims to engender political and economic cooperation between countries in Europe - EU promotes 4 freedoms : free movement of people, goods, services and capital - values are set out in article 2 TEU - objectives set out in article 3 TEU

INTRO Flashcards by Affrika Thornton-Finch

KEY TERMS

accession: the process by which the member states join EU
competence: authority to govern a particular policy area
conferral: principle that the EU Only has the power to act where such competence is bestowed upon it by MS (member states)
enlargement: addition of new MS
legal autonomy: independence of a legal system such that it is not legally bound by any other system except where it has agreed to be
ratification: formal consent to a treaty at national level

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MS procedures and relationships are set out by TFEU and TEU
EU aims to engender political and economic cooperation between countries in Europe
EU promotes 4 freedoms : free movement of people, goods, services and capital
values are set out in article 2 TEU
objectives set out in article 3 TEU

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