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Foun­ding the EU

Eu­ro­pean Coal and Steel Com­mu­ni­ty

• co­ope­ra­ti­on in in­dus­tries of war: steel and coal
• Paris, 1951: Bel­gi­um, Fran­ce, Ger­ma­ny, Italy, Lu­xem­bourg, the Nether­lands

Eu­ro­pean Eco­no­mic Com­mu­ni­ty (EEC)

• suc­cess of Eu­ro­pean Coal and Steel com­mu­ni­ty leads to com­mon mar­ket
• no obst­a­cles for ex­ch­an­ge of money, busi­ness, jobs and trade

Eu­ro­pean Union (EU)

• many more mem­bers (today: 28) and areas of co­ope­ra­ti­on: in­fra­struc­tu­re, en­vi­ron­ment etc.
  → chan­ging the name from EEC to EU

What the Eu­ro­pean Union does today

• try­ing to make life ea­sier
  → free mo­ve­ment wi­t­hin EU
  → sin­gle cur­ren­cy: euro
  → help for less wealthy mem­ber sta­tes and neigh­bou­ring coun­tries
  → en­vi­ron­men­tal and con­su­mer pro­tec­tion etc.

How the Eu­ro­pean Union makes de­ci­si­ons

Eu­ro­pean Com­mis­si­on

• 28 Com­mis­sio­ners, re­pre­sent Eu­ro­pe
• pro­po­se laws

Eu­ro­pean Par­li­a­ment

• elec­ted every 5 years, re­pres­ents the ci­ti­zens
• de­ci­des on laws with Coun­cil

The Coun­cil

• go­vern­ment mi­nis­ters, re­pre­sent EU coun­tries

Eu­ro­pean Coun­cil

• lea­ders of Eu­ro­pean coun­tries who set Eu­ro­pe’s ge­ne­ral stra­te­gy

The Court of Jus­ti­ce

• makes sure that EU laws re­spect fun­da­men­tal rights and
• that mem­ber sta­tes stick to EU laws

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