EU

EU

• the European Union is made up of 27 members

• From February 2020 the United Kingdom decided to leave the Union

• 19 of EU countries use the same currency – the euro

• Goals:

  • o Promote peace

  • o Provide an area of freedom, security and justice

  • o Social progress

  • o Environmental protection

  • o Encourages technological and scientific progress

  • o Solidarity between member states

  • o Establish an economic and monetary union

• Values:

  • o The values of the European Union are common to the Member States in a society characterized by tolerance, justice, solidarity and non-discrimination

• The EU in the world

  • o It is the largest trading block in the world

  • o Humanitarian aid - It helps disaster victims

  • o Diplomacy and security - it plays an important diplomatic role and also for security, democracy and prosperity

• the history

  • April 18, 1951 - signing of the Treaty of Paris establishing the European Coal and Steel Community

  • According to the proposal by Robert Schuman (the French Minister for Foreign Affairs) Jean Monnet (collaborated with Schuman - the ECSC plan) and Konrad Adenauer (the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany)

  • The founding countries are the Federal Republic of Germany, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and France

  • 1957 - creation of the European Economic Community

  • 1973 - entry of Ireland, Denmark and the United Kingdom

  • 1985 - border controls are abolished (from Schengen)

  • 1992 - the Maastricht Treaty creates the European Union which replaces the EEC

  • 2002 - the euro is in circulation

  • 2020 - the UK has decided to leave

• EU and CZ

  • The biggest enlargement of the EU on the 1st of May 2004 brought in 10 countries including the Czech republic

  • The most important changes are – each czech resident became a member of the EU

  • The offcial documents are translated into Czech because Czech became an official language of the EU

  • Czech students have the right to spend their studies at the EU´s universities

• Avantages

  • The vote

  • Environmental protection

  • A common driving license

  • Studies in other countries

  • Free traveling

• The symbols of the EU

  • The flag - it is blue and has 12 stars in a circle (the circle symbolizes union and equality and the stars represent perfection)

  • The motto - unity in diversity

  • The anthem - the ode to the joy of the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven

  • The euro symbol - it is inspired by a Greek letter - epsilon and the 2 bars crossing the symbol represent the stability of the currency

  • Europe Day - we celebrate May 9

• the most important role is played by the European Commission

  • the Council of the European Union

  • the European Parliament