European Union and its role

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2. European Union

3. EU
The official term for the European
Community and Associated Treaty
Organization. The EU has 28 member
states and is negotiation with other
states that have applied for
membership(Joshua.p.346)

4. Background
 World War II
 Marshal Plan
 Functionalism

5. ESTABLISHMENT
❑ Jean Monnet and Robert Schuman-
Functionalism
❑ European Coal and Steel Community(ECSC)
❑ European Defense Community (EDC)
❑ European Political Community (EPC)
❑ Treaty of Rome
❑ Results

6. Criteria for membership
The criteria for membership is given below
❑ Inflation-1.5%
❑ Budget deficit-3% GDP
❑ Debt to GDP -60%
❑ European Council look for eligibility

7. Other important features
❑ Fundamental Human Rights
❑ Military
❑ Language
❑ Religion

8. Growth rate
❑ 3rd largest after US and China
❑ Largest exporter and importer
❑ Unemployment 8%
❑ Investment 21% of GDP
❑ inflations 2.2%

9. Structurer of EU

10. European Commission
A European Union body whose members, while
appointed by states, are supposed to represent EU
interests. supported by a multinational civil
service in Brussels. the commission’s role is to
identify problems and propose solution to the
council of European Union. (Joshua.p.349)

11. The Council of EU
Council of Minister
A European Union institute in which the relevant
ministers of foreign, economic, agriculture, finance,
e.t.c, of any member state meet to enact legislations
and reconcile national interests. formerly known as
the Council of Ministers, when the meeting takes
place among the state leaders, it is called the
European Council. (Joshua.p.349)

12. The European Parliament
Quasi-legislative body of the European
Union that operates as a watchdog over
the European Commission and has
limited legislative powers.
(Joshua.p.350)

13. European Court of Justice
A judicial arm of the European Union, based in
Luxemburg. the court has actively established its
jurisdiction and its right to overrule national law
when it conflict with EU law. (Joshua.p.350)
• Court of Justice
• General Court
• European Union Civil Service Tribunal

14. European council
Supreme organ of the EU, it ratify treaties,
it has political authority to make policies,
and settle disputes between the member
states.

15. The court of auditors
The European Court of Auditors (ECA)
looks after the interests of EU taxpayers. It
does not have legal powers, but works to
improve the European Commission's
management of the EU budget and reports
on EU finances.

16. European central bank
The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central
bank of the 19 European Union countries which
have adopted the euro. Our main task is to
maintain price stability in the euro area and so
preserve the purchasing power of the single
currency.

17. The Treaty of Rome-1957
The founding document of the European Economic Community,
Common market, now subsumed by the European Union.
❑ Euratom
❑ Free Trade Area
❑ Custom Union
❑ Common Market
❑ Common Agriculture Policy
❑ Economic and Monetary Union(EMU)

18. The Single European Act
It is the first revision of treaty of Rome which set the target
1992, also known as Europe 1992
❑ Ended non-tariffs
❑ Set standards
❑ Creation of central bank
❑ Single Currency
❑ Monetary system
❑ Hollow out
❑ Citizenship

19. The Maastricht treaty
Singed in Dutch city of Maastricht in 1992, it set
three goals
❑ Monetary Union
❑ Justice and Home Affairs
❑ Political and military integration

20. The Lisbon Treaty
the treaty required
❑ stronger President, and foreign ministers
❑ Replacing consensus
❑ Charter of Human rights
❑ High commissioner on Foreign Affairs and Security
Policies
❑ Increased transparency

21. Brexit Deal

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