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European Union
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European union •European union is a type of economic union and politicalunion of 27 European countries they are integrated for freeexchange of goods and services with in the union countries.
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EVOLUTION OF EU •After world war 2 European countries want to economicaland political stability in Europe.•The idea of European union was proposed by Frenchforeign minister Robert Schumann (1950)
• In the initial stage OEEC was established , six countriesare integrated their economic (West Germany, France, Italy,Belgium, Netherland and Luxembourg)•The European coal and steel Community (ECSC) and the
European Economic Community (EEC), formed by sixcountries .•The European Union was formally established when theMaastricht Treaty came into force on 1 November 1993 .
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Structure of EU Presently the EU includes 497 million people and has 23
official language .
EU Headquarters :- Brussels, Belgium major institution of the European union :-
1)European parliament (elected by the people of the memberstates)2)Council of the European union (representing thegovernments of the member states)3)Presidency (rotates every six months among membercountry)4)European commission(driving force and executives body)5)Court of justice (ensuring compliance with the law)
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OBJECTIVES OF EU
Promoting economic and social progress, achievingthe single market and single currency.
Affirmation of European identity on the internationalhumanitarian aid for countries, foreign policy andsecurity policy, involvement in resolving international
crises.The introduction of European citizenship: complementsnational citizenship and provides a European citizencertain civil and political rights.
To develop an area of freedom, security and justice: the
free movement of persons. The existence and consolidation in the law: all the legaltexts adopted by the European institutions together withthe founding treaties.
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Single European act Single European act signed in 1987.It create single market for European countriesThe single market was accomplished through the fourfreedom:-
Freedom of movement of goodsFreedom of movement of peopleFreedom of movement of servicesFreedom of movement of money
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27 CURRENT EU COUNTRIES Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Cyprus Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
The Netherlands Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden United Kingdom
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Economy of the European
UnionThe operation of the EU has an agreed budget of €141 billionfor the year 2011, and €862 billion for the period 2007 –2013, thisrepresents around 1% of the EU's GDP. (According to IMF)The Risk Capital Facility is a €100 million Commission-
funded programme which aims at providing high-risk equity andquasi-equity funding to Small and Medium Enterprises whichcreating jobs, Increased numbers of new jobs particular women,they targeting 13,000 jobs by 2012 (at least 30% of these jobs
should be for women);
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The EU member countries have transferred someof their law-making authority to the EU in certainpolicy areas, such as agriculture and fisheries. Inother areas, such as culture, policy-making is
shared between the EU and nationalgovernments
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Policy areas
Agriculture
Environment
Economic and monetary affairs
Employment and social affairs Fisheries
Climate action
Multilingualism
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Agriculture
CAP –
Common Agricultural Policy
EU policy aims to enable producers of all forms offood – whether cereals, meat, dairy, fruit,vegetables or wine – to:
produce sufficient quantities of safe, high-qualityfood for European consumers
make a full contribution to diversified economic
development in rural areas meet very high standards of environmental care
and animal welfare.
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Environment
Protecting and improving the planet
The EU has some of the world's highestenvironmental standards, developed over
decades. Its main priorities today are:protecting endangered species and habitatsand using natural resources more efficiently – goals that also help the economy by fostering
innovation and enterprise
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Employment and Social Affairs
Responsibility for policy in the field ofemployment, social affairs and inclusion isshared between the EU and its membercountries. The EU:
coordinates and monitors national policies
promotes the sharing of best practices infields like employment, poverty and social
exclusion and pensions makes laws and monitors their
implementation in areas like rights at workand coordination of social security schemes
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Economic and MonetaryAffairs
Stability and growth
Within a single market and major trading bloc like theEU, it makes good sense to coordinate nationaleconomic policies. This enables the EU to act rapidly
when faced with challenges such as the currenteconomic and financial crisis.
The benefits of the euro
Having the euro as a common currency for a large
part of Europe has made it easier for the EU to reactto the global credit crunch in a coordinated way andprovided more stability than would otherwise havebeen possible.
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Climate action
Protecting the planet One goal, lots of actions!
EU leaders have agreed a set of targets, to bemet by 2020, that have come to be known as the
"20-20-20 targets". These aim to: Reduce EU greenhouse gas emissions to at least
20% below 1990 levels
Increase to 20% the proportion of EU energy
consumption coming from renewable sources Reduce the amount of primary energy used –
through energy efficiency - by 20% comparedwith projected levels.
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Multilingualism
Aside from the 23 official EU languages, manyregional and minority languages are spoken inEurope. The EU strives to protect thislinguistic diversity and promote the learning oflanguages.
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The EU is a global player.
Its soft power promotes stability, prosperity,
democracy and human rights, deliversconcrete results in the fight to eradicate
poverty, and in achieving sustainable
development.
The Eu addressing global challenges
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Addressing Global Challenges
Peace & Security
Works for global peace and security
Undertakes humanitarian and peacekeepingmissions
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Democracy & Human Rights
Works globally for free elections and opendemocratic processes.
Campaigns globally against capitalpunishment.
Addressing Global Challenges
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Trade
Supports free trade and open markets topromote growth and jobs in developingcountries.
The world's most open market forproducts and commodities fromdeveloping countries.
Addressing Global Challenges
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Addressing Global Challenges
Environmental Protection
A leader in global efforts
Plays a key role in developing andimplementing international agreements eg-Kyoto Protocol
Executing a “cap and trade” system toreduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Takes the lead in the fight against global
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THE EUROPEAN UNION
EUROPEAN UNION IS RUN BY FIVEINSTITUTIONS,
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE
THE EUROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORS
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European Commission
27 Commissioners, each
responsible for specific
policy areas, representingthe common European
perspective.
Proposes legislation andenforces laws.
Negotiates trade
agreements.
European Commission President José Manuel Barroso
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Council of the European Union
EU’s main decision-making body,
comprised of ministers of 27 Member
States, representing each Member
State’s point of view.
Decides on foreign policy issues.
Council presidency rotates among
Member States every six months.
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European Parliament
Voice of European citizens.
Members elected for five-year
terms.
With the Council, passes EU laws
and adopts EU budgets.
Approves EU Commissioners.
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Highest EU judicial authority.
Ensures all EU laws are
interpreted and applied correctlyand uniformly.
Can act as an independent policy
maker but unlike the U.S.
Supreme Court, the ECJ can only
deal with matters covered by the
Treaties.
European Court of Justice
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The European Court of Auditors getting value for your money
• Checks that EU funds areused properly
• Can audit any person ororganization dealing withEU funds
27 Independent members
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