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The European Commission - an expanding institution, or an office in a permanent decline?
Lukášková, Sára ; Klíma, Michal (advisor) ; Jakš, Jaroslav (referee)
Bachelor thesis examines the position of the European Commission within the European Union's institutional system.Commission's position in this bachelor thesis is examined from the perspective of formal and informal functions that it takes. This approach was chosen because it defines the functions performed by the European Commission of its position against other EU institutions. These functions determine the size of its power and influence. The aim of this paper is to describe various features of the European Commission and explain the changes that this institution has undergone the course of European integration. The bachelor thesis seeks to define the current status of the Commission after the ratification process of the Lisbon Treaty.
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Current institutional reforms and their influence on decision-making process of the EU
Půlkrábková, Petra ; Bič, Josef (advisor) ; Popovová, Marie (referee)
The present work deals with institutional reforms executed in the context of the eastern enlargement of the European Union and their impact on decision-making process of the EU. The first part of the work outlines the evolution of the European integration process after the Second World War and contains also brief description of the basic institutional framework of decision-making process of the EU. The second part of the present work mentions particular institutional reforms executed within the context of the eastern enlargement of the EU. The emphasis here is put on the most recent change of the primary law of the EU -- the Treaty of Lisbon. The third part of the work focuses on the impacts that arise from accepting the abovementioned Treaty, especially on the impact on decision-making process in the EU, influence of the voting potencial of the Czech Republic, and on newly established capacities in the EU and their powers. This last part also deals briefly with the demographic shortage and Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
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Iceland and the European Union in the context of economic crisis
Sýkora, Martin ; Hnát, Pavel (advisor) ; Popovová, Marie (referee)
In this bachelor thesis is discused current relationship between Iceland and the European Union, which is at the moment affected by the economic crisis. The main objective of my thesis is to outline causes, process and impact of economic crisis to the economic and political situation of Iceland and analyze how the current crisis has affected the attitudes and the possibilities of Iceland to join the European Union and the eurozone. Emphasis is also placed on the assessment of feasibility, preparedness, convenience and the potential consequences of such action from the perspective of the pros and cons
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The Impact of Drug Cartel Activities on International Relations (Latin American Cocaine Cartels)
Mifková, Miroslava ; Druláková, Radka (advisor) ; Dubský, Zbyněk (referee)
Organizations active in cocaine trafficking are not cartels in the proper sense of the word. They are rather complex differentiated networks with flexible relations, where both cooperation and competition is present. In general the impacts of cocaine trafficking are economic, political, diplomatic and impacts on public order. The key participants in cocaine trafficking are producer states Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, the main consumer markets are the United States and the European Union. Cocaine trafficking is on the rise in the long run, however, a decline was witnessed recently. The impacts of cocaine trafficking for the US and the EU are similar in their nature, however, they are much more grave for the US because of a longer functioning and a much bigger national cocaine market. Consequently, the US and the EU perceive the cocaine threat differently: for the US it represents a national security threat, whereas for the EU it is mainly a societal threat. A comparison of the US and EU policies towards cocaine production and trafficking shows that the US one is more active, with a broader focus and frequently of a coercive nature. Its goals are the eradication of coca, cocaine and cocaine trafficking organizations. The EU focuses on indirect eradication through social and economic development in producer areas and regional cooperation.
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Perspectives of the further development of the european integration in context of globalization
Fiala, Petr ; Hnát, Pavel (advisor) ; Tunkrová, Věra (referee)
The consequences of globalization connected to the world market liberalisation and increasing global competition have uncovered and deepened many weaknesses of the European Union and its position in the world economy. The thesis is aimed to describe the contemporary economic condition of the EU and to provide a notion aboat its further development. This depends mostly on efficient ways how the EU will face new challenges. I try to distinguish EU's most serious challenges and introduce the strategies responding to them. I will also offer an appraisal of these strategies and outline its limits.
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Accession of Turkey to the EU – economic and political aspects
Wurstová, Tereza ; Černá, Iveta (advisor) ; Taušer, Josef (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to evaluate Turkey as a potential EU member. My thesis is divided into four main parts. The first chapter describes the basic geographic information about Turkey, the main historical and political milestones and the importance of the position within the whole region. The second chapter deals with the development of relations between Turkey and the EU and describes the customs union. The third chapter assesses the current economic situation in the country. The last chapter concentrates on the political aspects of accession - the respect for democracy, minorities' status, the Cyprus issue and the impact of a possible accession of Turkey into EU.
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Eastern Enlargement of the EU and its Impacts on the European Union and Selected Member States
Hokešová, Kateřina ; Hnát, Pavel (advisor) ; Jelínek, Tomáš (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the process of the so called eastern enlargement of the European Union which took place in two waves in years 2004 and 2007. It evaluates the starting-points which led to the enlargement from the both-sides point of view. Since the fall of communism, the central and eastern European countries wanted to return back to Europe and become a part of a democratic complex. On the other hand, the EU saw the enlargement mainly as an opportunity to unite the whole continent and gain back its decreasing economic potential. In the second part, the thesis focuses on the results of the enlargement for both sides. The enlargement has affected not only the economic but also the political situation in all the member countries and has also dramatically changed the decision-making process within the EU.
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Prospects for financial support for small and medium enterprises in the Czech Republic
Cibulka, Ján ; Kalínská, Emílie (advisor) ; Čajka, Radek (referee)
The Bachelor thesis describes chosen possibilities of available financial support for small and medium enterprises in the Czech Republic. It gives an overview of the importance of small and medium enterprises and analyses specific trends in different areas of its economic importance. The thesis explains the system of financial support in general as well as the specific cases of the European Union and the Czech Republic. It describes accessible support programmes for Czech small and medium enterprises. The thesis also evaluates the efficiency of financial support based on chosen data and identifies possible improvements for the next period.
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Economic Partnership Agreements - comparison with the Cotonou agreement
Totkovičová, Lucia ; Černá, Iveta (advisor) ; Taušer, Josef (referee)
Bachelor thesis characterizes trade and partnership agreements between European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific group of states in the context of World Trade Organization's legal texts. The thesis focuses on the basic principles of multilateral trading system and special treatment of developing countries. It chronologically concerns itself with close trade relations and particular agreements between the EU and the ACP group. There are described various preferential trade regimes applied by the EU towards developing countries, primarily the ACP. Because of contradiction of the EU-ACP preferential agreements to WTO rules it was necessary to come to re evaluation of EU-ACP relations and negotiations of new Economic Partnership Agreements, called EPAs. The main accent is put on analysis of EPAs, incentives to negotiations with ACP regions, problems connected with it and mainly the conformity with WTO provisions. Last but not least the thesis describes the impact of EPAs on ACP regions, sums up its strengths and provides information about the future of EU-ACP cooperation.
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Business relations between European Union and Russian Federation
Polata, Tomáš ; Petříček, Václav (advisor) ; Čajka, Radek (referee)
This bachelor thesis is devided into three parts. First part concernes about business relations between European Union as a whole and Russian Federation. It concernes about historical development of their relations, their relations in present, that result from this development, mutual investments and conflicts between them, first of all about these, that are connected with trade barriers and supplies of raw materials from Russia to European Union. Second part of the thesis is focused on business relations between choosen members of European Union and Russia. These choosen members are Germany, Italy and Poland. Third part describes business relations between Czech Republic and Russian Federation, concretely their development, mutual investmenst and problems they have to face. At the end of the thesis there is a brief view of future of business relation between these two units.
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