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Unite in Brussels

Unite in Brussels. Welcome to our Brussels Office!!. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Key Players Our role in Brussels Europe 7 community institutions The institutional Triangle 20 Committees MEPs Our MEPs MEPs assignments EU Elections The Lisbon Treaty Kill the Myth! Thank You.

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Unite in Brussels

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  1. Unite in Brussels Welcome to our Brussels Office!!

  2. TABLE OF CONTENTS • Key Players • Our role in Brussels • Europe • 7 community institutions • The institutional Triangle • 20 Committees • MEPs • Our MEPs • MEPs assignments • EU Elections • The Lisbon Treaty • Kill the Myth! • Thank You

  3. Key Players… • Political Department: team of 13 people • Brussels office : 1 • London office incl. regional Political officers : 12

  4. Our role in Brussels… • Message from the top: « Promote, facilitate and develop to create a bigger Trade Union capable of tackling Multinationals. »

  5. Manufacturing • Manufacturing • Environment/EnergyIndustrial PolicyCompetition LawInt.al Issues - Climate Change package - Defence Package - Mergers & Acquisitions - Venezuela - Electricity - Car industry - State Aids - Columbia (JFC) - Car emissions, etc. - Aeronautics - ACTSA* - WTO NAMA ** • Employment and Social Policy - Flexicurity - Temporary Agency Workers + Working Time directives - Health and Safety - Vocational training (Life Long Learning) - Information & Consultation (European Works Council + Transnational Collective Bargaining) • Relationships with MEPs - Bilateral/Multilateral- One-to-one - Manifestos, specific campaigns (EP Elections), etc. *Action for Southern Africa** Nongricultural Market Access

  6. Services • Services • Internal MarketFinanceInternational Trade & Devlpt - Services Directive - Regulations of - GSP+ (Generalised Systems of Pref.) - Public Services Equity/Hedge Funds - FTAs (Free Trade Agreements) - Procurement - EPAs (Economic Partnership Agr.) - Health care - Construction • Employment and Social Policy - Posting of Workers Directive - Gender/anti-discrimination - Social Security/Pensions • Relationships with Unions - Bilateral- One-to-one - Industry Federations

  7. More about Unite in Brussels… • Communication...a two-way link • Internal: from the EU to our members • External:from our members to the EU and other organisations • Various projects • Petition website: www.lavalvikingruffert.eu • Dedicated EU website area: http://www.unitetheunion.org/resources/political_department/unite_in_europe.aspx • Promotion of UNITE to other Trade Unions and organisations • USW merger • Exhaustive database of the relevant players

  8. Europe

  9. 7 Community Institutions Commission Parliament Council of the EU European Court of Justice European Court of Auditors EuropeanCentral Bank European Council Consultative Bodies: - Committee of the Regions- European Economic and Social Committee

  10. The Institutional Triangle European Councilprovides the impetus for European integration 27 Commissioners European CommissionProposes & drafts legislative proposal Heads of State Councilof the European UnionDecides European ParliamentDecides Co-decision 736 - 751 MEPs20 Committees Ministers of Government

  11. 20 Committees + 2 Sub-comm & a special one

  12. UNITE’S MEPS Claude MoraesLondon Arlene McCarthy North West David MartinScotland Richard HowittEastern LindaMcAvanYorkshire & Humberside Catherine StihlerScotland Peter SkinnerSouth-East Derek VaughanWales

  13. MEPs Assignment per Committee • List and assignment • Industrial policy, (defence package, car and a/c industry) : ITRE, TRAN, AFET (SEDE): - Derek Vaughan and Peter Skinner (ITRE) - Brian Simpson (TRAN) - Richard Howitt (AFET) - Richard Howitt (SEDE) • Life Long Learning : CULT: - Mary Honeyball and Stephen Hughes (CULT) • Health and safety : ENVI: - Glenis Willmott and Linda McAvan (ENVI) • Finance (regulations on Equity/hedge funds) : ECON: - Arlene McCarthy (Vice Chair), Peter Skinner and Catherine Stihler

  14. MEPs Assignment per Committee • List and assignment • Energy/Environment(climate change: bio fuel, electricity, gas emissions, etc.): ITRE, ENVI - Derek Vaughan and Peter Skinner (ITRE) - Glenis Willmott and Linda McAvan (ENVI) • Employment (Working Time directive, ECJ rulings, flexicurity): EMPL - Stephen Hughes and Claude Moraes (EMPL) • Human rights (Columbia, Venezuela, anti-discrimination directive) : AFET (DROI), INTA, LIBE - Richard Howitt (AFET+DROI) - David Martin (INTA) - Claude Moraes, Michael Cashman and Glenis Willmott (LIBE) • International trade & devlpt (Free Trade Agreement, GSP+, EPAs) : INTA - David Martin (INTA)

  15. EU Elections in 2009 • Changes under Nice and Lisbon

  16. UK overall representation in Brussels How is the UK represented in the hemicycle?

  17. EU Political Parties Who is in the EU hemicycle?

  18. Political Parties: Logos, names, etc.

  19. The Lisbon Treaty • General content of the LT (non exhaustive) • Extension of Qualified Majority Voting (QMV) as opposed to unanimity • Extension of Co-decision process to more areas • Charter of Fundamental Rights as primary law • Increased role of National Parliaments (eg. if 1/3 of a national parliament disagrees with a Comm proposal, it must be revised) • Citizen‘s initiative (eg. if 1 million people want a specific legislation, they can ask the Commission to work on it!) • Simplification of the voting process • QMV for Justice and Home Affairs • Legal personality for the EU • Fiscal issues still under unanimity voting • Employment issues still under unanimity voting • Opt-outs and opt-ins still possible

  20. The Lisbon Treaty • Specific institutional changes • Commission • One Commissionner /member State for 2009-2014 • From 1st Nov 2014, 2/3 of Member States (18 for EU27) • European Council • Becomes an institution with a Permanent President - Mr Van Rompuy (elected for a 2.5 year mandate, renewable once) • Merger of 2 jobs into a single one: „Commissioner resp. for external relations“ & „High representative resp. for external relations“- Baroness Ashton (appointed for 5 years) • Council of Ministers • From 1st Nov 2014, the qualified majority voting becomes 55% of Council members representing 65% of the Union‘s population • Meets in public „when it deliberates & votes on a draft legislative act“ • European Parliament • Elects the Commission president by majority vote upon proposal from the Council voting by qualified majority (till now it can only approve). • 751 members from 2009-2014 (736 to date) • Co-decision becomes the „ordinary legislative procedure“ • Decision-making instruments are simplified

  21. Kill the myth! More info on square bananas, etc. please click on: - the EPLP website: http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/myths Or on- the European Commission's Press Office in London website:http://ec.europa.eu/unitedkingdom/press/euromyths/index_en.htm

  22. Thank You!

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