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European Union
Jan Jurka
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Basic information
• EU is a politico-economic union of countries located in Europe
• 28 member states• 24 official languages• Currency: Euro (some countries have their
own currency)• Czech Republic and the UK are members• Capital City: Brussels
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History
• 1952 – Treaty of Paris (ECSC – European Coal and Steel Community)
• 1958 – Treaty of Rome (ECC – European Economic Community)
• 1967 – Merger Treaty (Unification of ECSC and ECC into EC – European Communities)
• 1993 – Maastricht Treaty (EU – European Union)
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Dates of enlargements of EU
• 1952 – Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Germany
• 1973 – Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom• 1981 – Greece• 1986 – Portugal, Spain• 1995 – Austria, Finland, Sweden• 2004 – Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary,
Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia• 2007 – Bulgaria, Romania• 2013 - Croatia
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Map of EU
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Institutions
• European Parliament (Strasbourg, Brussels)• European Council (Brussels)• Council of the European Union (Brussels)• European Commission (Brussels, Luxembourg)• Court of Justice of the European Union
(Luxembourg)• European Central Bank (Frankfurt)• Court of Auditors (Luxembourg)
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European Parliament
• Legislative power• 751 members elected by EU citizens every 5
years• Low voter turnout• United Kingdom has 73 seats, Czech Republic
has 21 seats
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EU flag
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EU Motto
• Exists in all languages of member states• English: United in diversity• Czech: Jednota v Rozmanitosti• Slovak: Zjednotení v rozmanitosti• German: In Vielfalt geeint• Irish: Aontaithe san éagsúlacht• Hungarian: Egység a sokféleségben• Spanish: Unida en la diversidad
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