2. Contents
1. Brief Introduction
2. The history of EU
3. budget and the EU
4. Symbols
5. Policies and Activities
6. Institution
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3. Brief Introduction
The European Union is a unique
economic and political partnership
between 27 European countries.
It has delivered half a century of peace,
stability, and prosperity, helped raise living
standards, launched a single European
currency, and is progressively building a single
Europe-wide market in which people, goods,
services, and capital move among Member
States as freely as within one country.
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5. The history of EU
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 5
And now
Stage 3
Stage 4
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6. The history of EU
stage 1 stage2 stage 3 stage 4
1949-1959 1960-1969 1970 - 1979 1980 - 1989
A peaceful Eur- The ‘Swinging A growing The changing
ope – Sixties’ – a Community – face of Europe –
the beginnings period of the first the fall of the
of economic Enlargement Berlin Wall
cooperation growth
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7. The history of EU
Stage 5 Stage 6
1990 - 1999 2000 - today
A Europe A decade of
without further
frontiers expansion
8. Budget and the EU
1. Money and the EU
2. Revenue/ Income
3. expenditure
4. Euro
9. Money and the EU
The EU budget is funded from sources
including a percentage of each member
country's gross national product. It is
spent on efforts as diverse as raising
the standard of living in poorer regions
and ensuring food safety. The euro is
the common currency of most EU
countries
10. Revenue/ Income
The EU obtains revenue not only from
contributions from member countries
but also from import duties on products
from outside the EU and a percentage
of the value-added tax levied by each
country.
11. Expenditure
The EU budget pays for a vast array of
activities from rural development and
environmental protection to protection
of external borders and promotion of
human rights. The Commission, Council
and Parliament all have a say in how
big the budget is and how it is
allocated. But the Commission and EU
countries are responsible for the actual
spending.
12. Euro/ Monetary Union
The euro – used
every day by some
331 million
Europeans – is the
most tangible proof
of cooperation
between EU
countries. Its
benefits are
immediately obvious
to anyone travelling
abroad or shopping
online on websites
based in another EU
country.
13. EU symbol
The EU is recognizable by several
symbols, the most well-known being
the circle of yellow stars on a blue
background.
14. Some other symbols
Europe Day
The ideas behind the European Union
were first put forward on 9 May 1950
by French foreign minister Robert
Schuman. This is why 9 May is
celebrated as a key date for the EU.
The EU motto
"United in diversity" is the motto of the
European Union.
15. Policies and activities of the EU
The EU member countries have transferred
some of their law-making authority to the EU
in certain policy areas, such as agriculture
and fisheries. In other areas, such as culture,
policy-making is shared between the EU and
national governments.
16. Institution
The Council of the European Union
The European Commission
The European Parliament
The Court of Justice
The Court of Auditors
The European Economic and Social
Committee The Committee of the
Regions
The European Central Bank
The European Investment Bank
