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Students Names : 1.Georgia Zalti 2. Elizabeth Stavrou 3.Elena Nikolaou. Treaties of EU. The EU member States are 27 A treaty lay out: EU objectives C ontrols for EU institutions D ecisions made R elationship between the EU and its member countries - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Students Names : 1.Georgia Zalti2. Elizabeth Stavrou 3.Elena Nikolaou
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The EU member States are 27 A treaty lay out:1.EU objectives 2.Controls for EU institutions 3.Decisions made 4.Relationship between the EU and its member
countries The European Union is based on the rule of
law
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Established formally by the Maastricht Treaty
2002 ~ Euro currency Enlargement of EU
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Treaty was signed in Paris in 1951 Community of France, Germany, Italy
and the Benelux
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Signed in March 1957 EEC and EURATOM Came into force on 1 January 1958
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1. Commission, Council of Ministers, European Parliament and European Court of Justice
2. European government bodies
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Arguments for : 1.Barriers to trade 2.United peaceful Europe.3.European reconciliation and democracy
Arguments Against: 1. Ignoring the cultural barriers 2.The Treaty was fundamentally confused
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Signed On February 7, 1992 Came into force on 1 November 1993 Creates the European Union, which
consists of three pillars It improved the Treaty of Rome Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)
and the creation of the Euro.
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The Treaty advanced two broad processes:
1.The increase of integration and EU responsibilities
2.The Treaty was seeking to strengthen the EU Parliament's power
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Arguments For:1.A structure that is capable of coping 2.The process of closer integration through
Monetary Union 3.The British Government succeeded in including
the principle of subsidiarity in the Treaty Arguments Against:1.The increasing measures of the Treaty advanced
a federalist model of European integration 2.The focus on big issues like EMU distracted
people from the expansion of EU control
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It was approved by the European Council on 2nd of October 1997
On 1st May 1999 it came into force Objectives:1.Modify regulations of the Treaty of the
European Union
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Arguments For: 1.Providing room for some countries to move
faster 2. It made enlargement possible3.UK in line with the social agreement of the
Maastricht Treaty Arguments Against: 1.new flexibility created a two speed Europe
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1. Improved competences of the European Parliament , functions of the Court of Auditors , Economic and Social Committee and Committee of the Regions
2. Concept of closer cooperation was introduced in the Treaty of the European Union
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Signed on 26 February 2001 Came into force on 1 February 2003 Achieved the task that Amsterdam
treaty failed to do
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Signed on 29 October 2004 by the 25 EU countries
Dutch and French rejected Constitutional Treaty
Did not come into force
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Signed by the EU countries on 13 December 2007 and came into force on 1 December 2009
Includes:1.legal entity 2.The three pillars 3.A new rule
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Modified the Maastricht Treaty (1992) Modified the Treaty of Rome (1957)
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The commission: one commission per member state
Before and after the Treaty of Nice (2001)
Stabilized European Council New decision making process European Parliament has more
strengthen powers
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The EU only takes action with the treaties
The treaties Initiate the institutions of European Union
Over the years the treaties have been improved by other treaties
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