The Explainer: Everything you need to know about how the EU works but were too afraid to ask

The Explainer: Everything you need to know about how the EU works but were too afraid to ask

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Today’s episode of The Explainer leaves the Brussels lingo to one side and concentrates on what the core organizations are and how they all communicate with each other.

THE EUROPEAN UNION has a huge however frequently hidden influence on our daily life here in Ireland.

Regardless of that, how precisely it all works can stay a bit of a secret for a lot of individuals. Lots of will zone out at the simple reference of the EU.

With the European Elections turning up in June, we’re running a brand-new series of podcasts as part of our larger EU 2024, Explained task to assist you progress notified ahead of the vote.

Today’s episode of The Explainer leaves the Brussels lingo to one side and concentrates on what the core organizations are and how they all connect with each other.

John O’Brennan, a teacher at the Department of Sociology at Maynooth University and whose work concentrates on European Union organizations and politics, takes us through how legislation is proposed and formed at EU level before it ends up being Irish law.

What is the European Commission? How is it various to the European Parliament? And where does an MEP fit into all of this?


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This episode was assembled by speaker and executive manufacturer Sinéad O’Carroll and senior manufacturer Nicky Ryan.

This work is co-funded by Journal Media and a grant program from the European Parliament. Any viewpoints or conclusions revealed in this work are the author’s own. The European Parliament has no participation in nor obligation for the editorial material released by the task. For more details, seehere

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