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The European Union: 500 million people – 27 countries
Member states of the European Union
Candidate countries
Founders
New ideas for lasting peace and prosperity…
Konrad Adenauer
Robert Schuman
Winston Churchill
Alcide De Gasperi
Jean Monnet
The EU symbols
The European flagThe European anthem
Europe Day, 9 MayThe motto: United in diversity
23 official languages
Principal Objects of the EU
• Establish European Citizenship
• Ensure freedom, security, and justice
• Promote economic and social progress
• Assert Europe’s role in the world
Enlargement: from six to 27 countries
1952 1973 1981 1986
1990 1995 2004 2007
The big enlargement: healing the division of Europe
Fall of Berlin Wall – end of CommunismEU economic help begins: Phare programme
Criteria set for a country to join the EU:• democracy and rule of law• functioning market economy• ability to implement EU laws
Formal negotiations on enlargement begin
Copenhagen summit agrees enlargement
10 new EU members: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia
41989
41992
41998
42002 42004
42007 Bulgaria and Romania join the EU
CandidatesCroatia, Iceland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Turkey
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The treaties – basis for democratic cooperation built on law
1952The European Steel and Coal Community
1958The treaties of Rome:
The European Economic CommunityThe European Atomic Energy Community
(EURATOM)
1987The European Single Act:
the Single Market
1993Treaty of European Union
– Maastricht1999
Treaty of Amsterdam 2003
Treaty of Nice
2009Treaty of Lisbon
The 3 pillars of the EU
European Union
First pillar
European Communities
Second pillar
Common foreign and security policy
Third pillar
Police and Judicial Cooperation in
Criminal Matters
The Lisbon treaty - taking Europe into the 21st century
The Treaty will make the European Union:
More efficient Simpler processes, full-time president for the Council, etc.
More democratic Stronger role for the European Parliament and national parliaments, "Citizens Initiative", Charter of Fundamental Rights, etc.
More transparent Clarifies who does what, greater public access to documents and meetings, etc.
More united on High Representative for Foreign Policy, etc. the world stage
More secure New possibilities to fight climate change and terrorism, secure energy supplies, etc.
Terms you must know!
Intergovernmental- decision making power lies with individual member states.
Supranational – decision making power is held by the organisation. Decisions made by majority.
Federalism – the idea that political power is shared between the participant states and the federal level. Division of power is governed by a constitution.
A transparent Union at your service
The website of the European Union europa.euOne and a half million documents available to the public
Europe Direct contact centreAnswers your questions: 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11
Europe Direct relaysOver 400 EU Info Points across the EU
European Union DocumentsAccess to internal documentsupon request
The European OmbudsmanDeals with complaints over EU administration
Nikoforos Diamandouros, the EU ombudsman