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-One minister from each EU country sitting on each board (board ex: agriculture, trade, foreign affairs, etc)
-presidency rotates every 6 months |
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| European Peoples Party, christian democrats, majority party |
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-decides EU laws and budget with council of ministers
-voice of the people
-736 members, broken up according to population (like the house of representatives) |
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| Who proposes laws, decides on them, implements them? |
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proposes: commission
decides: parliament/ ministers
Implements: commission/ court of justice |
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parliament: people
Euro council/ council of ministers: member states
commission- common interest |
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Jerzy buzek- parliament
European Council- Herman Van Rompuy
European commission- Jose Barroso |
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| Original EU (ESCC) members (1952) |
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| Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, luxembourg |
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| Original EU (ESCC) members (1952) |
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| Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, luxembourg |
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| Schuman, Monet, Churchill, Gasperi, Adenauer |
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EU
How many people?
How many countries?
# official languages? |
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500 million ppl
27 countries
23 official languages |
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| Schuman, Monet, Churchill, Gasperi, Adenauer |
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-free market
-democracy
-framework to implement EU policy
-emphasis on civil/human rights
-located in Europe
-no capital punishment |
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1952- ESCC (European Steal and Coal Community)
1958- European Economic Community
1993?- EU, treaty of maastricht
*were also called european community somewhere in between EEC and EU |
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27 judges, one from each member state
interpret EU law, makes sure EU law is universally implemented |
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27 judges, one from each member state
interpret EU law, makes sure EU law is universally implemented |
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-27 members, one from each member state
-proposes legislation
-voice of common interest |
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-27 members, one from each member state
-proposes legislation
-voice of common interest |
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-27 members, one from each member state
-proposes legislation
-voice of common interest |
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VP- European Commission
Chairs foreign affairs council meetings |
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highest leaders of each member state meet 4 times/yr
president= herman van rompuy |
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| Biggest EU enlargement (10) |
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| 2004: cyprus, czech republic, slovenia, slovakia, malta, hungary, estonia, lithania, lat nvia, poland |
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| 1952 (ESCC), 1958 (EEC, treaty of Rome), 1987 (single market act EC), 1993 (treat of EU- maastricht), 1999 (treat of amsterdam), 2003 (treat of nice), 2009 (lisbon) |
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| 140 billion, most put towards agriculture, sustainable growth, developmental aid (6%) |
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| goods, services, capital, people |
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