The European Union in a Global Context

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The European Union in a Global Context

A world player World EU Population 6.6 billion 490 million http://europa.eu/abc/index_en.htm Land mass 148,940,000 000 sq.km. 3,860,137 sq.km. GDP (2006) $65 trillion $13.5 trillion Sources: EU website; CIA World Factbook; IMF; World Bank

EU and member state leaders March 2007

27 in 2007 http://europa.eu/abc/history/animated_map/index_en.htm / / / / 1958 Germany, Italy, Netherlands, France, Belgium, Luxembourg 1973 United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark 1981 Greece 1986 Spain, Portugal 1995 Austria, Finland, Sweden 2004 Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia 2007 Bulgaria, Romania

Union Institutions Commission: executive/civil service, one member per state, draft legislation, president nominated by Council and elected by Parliament Council: ½ of legislative system; national ministers responsible for the area of EU law being addressed (e.g., Ag Ministers) European Council: Heads of 27 states; meet quarterly; Presidency rotates every 6 months European Parliament: ½ of legislative system. 785 members, Direct Elections every five years European Court of Justice: supranational legal l system, 27 judges, Court of First Instance, European Court of Auditors (budget) European Central Bank: 13 member states

The Strategy: Functional Economic Integration First Rome treaty and the common agriculture policy (CAP) European Monetary System to the Euro and a Central Banking System Single European Act: an internal market The Schengen Agreement and Labor mobility A regional trade bloc EU role in closing the global development gap

The (intended?) outcome: supranational state European Coal and Steel Act (July 23, 1952) Rome Treaty (January 1, 1958) Single European Act (July 1, 1987 internal market) Maastricht treaty (November 1, 1993 Three pillars: economic, o c, defense, e justice and home affairs = European Union) Schengen Agreement (1995) Amsterdam Treaty (May 1, 1999 merging prior treaties) European Constitution adopted June 2004 based on Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) in 2000; the Treaty of Nice ( February 1, 2003), the European Convention (finished July 2003), and the IGC (10/2003-6/2004); 16 ratified - Spain 2/2005 and Finland 12/2006; French and Dutch reject in 2005

Integration depth: Education ERASMUS (European Regional Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students): higher education program established in 1987 and forms a major part of the EU Socrates II program; increase mobility: 1.4 millions Socrates II programme in 2000. Other educational programs include Leonardo (secondary schools), Grundtvig (adult learning) and Arion (teaching decisionmakers). Bologna process (1999): create a European higher education system by making degree standards and quality assurance standards more comparable and compatible throughout Europe The EU is also sponsoring a large number of research projects aimed at academics and institutes, organised in frameworks of calls. From 2007 the EU has opened its 7th framework for grant applications. http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/2010/et p// p / /p / / _ 2010_ en.html http://www.eurydice.org/portal/page/portal/eurydice

Immediate concerns ECONOMIC Integrating new and future members CAP budget The Euro: from 13 to 27? Economic impacts of EU leadership on Global Warming the Kyoto Protocol Regional Inequalities and development gaps POLITICAL The democratic deficit: transparency and a political constitution The Constitution National to Regional Sovereignty Common Foreign and Security Policy: autonomy from NATO? http://www.nato.int/issues/nato-eu/index.html

The cultural road The Cultural Legacy Distinct histories Many languages: 23 Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Irish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish Longstanding Religious diversity: Christianity (Roman Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox), Judaism Securalism, Atheism, Agnosticism New Cultural Points New religious diversity: Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Baha i, and Sikhism Immigration from the former colonies Turkey

Paths to Political Union Political Will Multiculturalism Hybridity European citizenship

Youth and the EU Citizenship http://ec.europa.eu/youth/yia/ / / / index_en.html What drives youth? Blogs Sport Sex Music Transportation Family Religion Career

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