EU Competences: Exclusive, Shared, and Supporting

The EU has a range of competences, which are the areas in which it has the authority to make decisions and take action. These competences are defined and outlined in the EU treaties and can be broadly categorized into three main types:

1. Exclusive Competences

These are areas where only the EU has the authority to legislate and adopt binding decisions. Member states cannot enact laws in these areas unless the EU explicitly delegates authority to them. Exclusive competences include:

  • Customs Union: Setting
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Strategic Educational Plans & Curriculum Concepts in Castilla La Mancha

Strategic Plans in Educational CLM

Plan for Communicative Competence in Languages

Objectives include promoting respect for linguistic diversity, implementing the European Framework of Reference, using language portfolios, providing foreign language training for teachers, supporting youth mobility, and establishing bilingual schools and sections.

Plan for School Success

Includes free textbooks and alternative materials.

Digital Education 2.0: The Schools Program

Aims to use technology as a source of knowledge,

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Individualism, Culture, and Societal Evolution: Key Concepts

Individualism and Its Limits

Individualism and Its Limits

He developed the concept of individual freedom until it became the theory of possessive individualism: we understand that each individual is the sole owner of their person and their abilities. The less dependent the individual is on others, the freer they are.

We see society as a collection of individual homeowners through the exchange of accumulated goods and services. This theory assumes that each person is looking for their particular benefit

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19th Century European Industrialization and Imperialism

The Dominant Europe

The rise of industrialization during the nineteenth century, and especially the huge technological development in Europe, led to the 2nd Industrial Revolution. This meant the fragmentation of the world into two poles: the industrialized countries and non-industrialized ones. In the early twentieth century, the former were imposed on the latter, who were under the direct or indirect influence of Europe, due to its demographic vitality, its commercial and technical superiority,

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Biological Evolution and Cultural Diversity: A Deep Dive

Evolution as an Explanatory Framework

The word evolution does not explain the origin of species but, according to Charles Darwin, changes from a small living being. Two shades and adaptive biological material:

  • Evolution
  • Astrophysics
  • Psychology
  • Artificial intelligence

Life, periodontal, inorganic material, organic matter.

Biological Evolution

No one addressed evolution. Species have become extinct and survived at random. Not anyone who directs the human being is dominant. People should behave as they are,

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Culture in the Spanish Constitution: An Analysis

Culture in the Spanish Constitution

Introduction:

The Spanish Constitution addresses culture not as a single, general concept, but in relation to specific contexts, often juxtaposed with the notion of ethnicity. This is evident in several articles:

Preamble, Fifth Paragraph: “Promote the progress of culture and economy to ensure a dignified quality of life.”

Section 9.2: “Facilitate the participation of all citizens in political, economic, cultural, and social life.”

Article 25: (Regarding those sentenced

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