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EU:s överstatliga maktförhållande i Sverige

Bauer, Maximilian LU (2024) STVK04 20241
Department of Political Science
Abstract
When the Lisbon Treaty was ratified in 2009, the EU achieved a full legal personality. Meanwhile the environmental issue has intensified in its relevance and urgency, and the EU has capitalized on its possibilities to exercise supranational powers through directives and regulations. The central research question examines and analyzes how EU regulations exert power over the Swedish climate and environment policy. To reach the objective of the thesis, three interviews with government officials have been conducted and complemented by official governmental investigations and the 2024 report from the Swedish Climate Policy Council. The results show that an increase in supranational powers has a significant impact on
Swedish environmental... (More)
When the Lisbon Treaty was ratified in 2009, the EU achieved a full legal personality. Meanwhile the environmental issue has intensified in its relevance and urgency, and the EU has capitalized on its possibilities to exercise supranational powers through directives and regulations. The central research question examines and analyzes how EU regulations exert power over the Swedish climate and environment policy. To reach the objective of the thesis, three interviews with government officials have been conducted and complemented by official governmental investigations and the 2024 report from the Swedish Climate Policy Council. The results show that an increase in supranational powers has a significant impact on
Swedish environmental policies through the EU’s increasing use of hard law and that the European Court of Justice possess complete power regarding disagreements between the Swedish state and the EU in the implementation of EU directives. (Less)
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author
Bauer, Maximilian LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK04 20241
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
EU, EU-förordning, Överstatlighet, Makt, Klimat
language
Swedish
id
9152699
date added to LUP
2025-08-12 15:21:36
date last changed
2025-08-12 15:21:36
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  abstract     = {{When the Lisbon Treaty was ratified in 2009, the EU achieved a full legal personality. Meanwhile the environmental issue has intensified in its relevance and urgency, and the EU has capitalized on its possibilities to exercise supranational powers through directives and regulations. The central research question examines and analyzes how EU regulations exert power over the Swedish climate and environment policy. To reach the objective of the thesis, three interviews with government officials have been conducted and complemented by official governmental investigations and the 2024 report from the Swedish Climate Policy Council. The results show that an increase in supranational powers has a significant impact on 
Swedish environmental policies through the EU’s increasing use of hard law and that the European Court of Justice possess complete power regarding disagreements between the Swedish state and the EU in the implementation of EU directives.}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{EU:s överstatliga maktförhållande i Sverige}},
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