EU Enlargement Background The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 27 member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the European Economic Community (EEC)‚ formed by six countries in 1958. In 1967 they merged into European Community. The Maastricht Treaty established the EU under its current name in 1993. The EU has grown its size by the accession of new member states. For example‚ on May
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Risks and challenges of the EU expansion I. Introduction For several years now the European Union is discussing a possible enlargement‚ because several European countries have applied for membership in the EU. These are especially the former communist countries in Eastern Europe‚ that have clearly turned towards the west since the fall of the iron curtain. These countries are Bulgaria‚ the Baltic countries Latvia‚ Lithuania and Estonia‚ Poland‚ Romania‚ the Slovak Republic‚ the Czech Republic
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policy-making process has been progressively improved over the years. Such improvements were mainly due to the several treaties revision. Even though the EP does not formally propose EU legislation‚ it takes on an important function in the EU’s legislative and budgeting processes. The EP works closely together with two other main EU institutions which are the European Commission and the Council of ministers. Common assembly In 1952‚ the current EP was found as the Common Assembly of ECSC and then it was
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Table of Contents 1 Statement of independent work 2 2 Preface‚ Introduction 3 3 History‚ Development and Policies 5 4 Recent results 5 4.1 Meeting in Tampere 6 4.2 Schäuble-Sarkozy paper 6 5 Living Europe Safely – Work program for the German EU Presidency (1.1.07–30.6.07) 8 5.1 Fighting illegal migration; preventing visa fraud 8 5.2 Improving returns 8 5.3 Protecting refugees – expanding cooperation 8 5.4 Managing legal immigration 9 5.5 Protecting the external borders – strengthening
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| EU Aid to South Africa | HIV/AIDS in South Africa | This research is about the current HIV/AIDS situation in South Africa‚ and the involvement of the European Union in this issue. | Ena Macic (11067365) Jozua Dam (11034505) ES4e-1D Lecturer: Dave van Ginhoven April 19‚ 2012 Executive summary The aim of this research report is to inform about the spread of HIV/AIDS; how can the EU work better with South Africa to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS? It is known that the problem is quit
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eu yan sang------------------------------------------------- Eu Yan Sang From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Eu Yan Sang | Type | Public | Founded | 1879 | Headquarters | South Bridge Road‚ Singapore | A typical Eu Yan Sang retail outlet. Eu Yan Sang ’s headquarters in South Bridge Road‚ Singapore Eu Yan Sang (Chinese: 余仁生; pinyin: Yúrénshēng‚ SGX: E02) is a company that specialises in traditional Chinese medicine. It currently runs more than 160 retail outlets in Hong Kong‚ Macau
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the European Economic Community (EEC) and finally the European Union (EU)‚ through the Treaty of Paris (1951) and the Treaties of Rome (1957)‚ Maastricht (1992) and finally Lisbon (2007). The ECSC was created in the wake of Europe’s need to rebuild as a primarily economic cooperative focused on the resources of the British occupied Ruhr Valley. Initially evolving into a union to promote trade by abandoning internal tariffs‚ the EU quickly evolved into an entity looking to safeguard prosperity and peace
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Outline strategies adopted to control food production in the EU and comment on their effectiveness. The E.U’s main strategy for managing food production the Common Agricultural Policy (C.A.P) was emplaced in 1957‚ its purpose was to increase production to stabilise food markets‚ to increase food security and to provide consumers with food at reasonable prices. The C.A.P has been very successful in fulfilling its purpose so much so that now rather than encouraging the growth of food production it
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Migration in EU Member States Is the EU policy sufficient considering a constant increase of immigrants in Europe? Table of content • Introduction • General European Circumstances 1. How many immigrants are in Europe (Legal/Illigal) 2. rights of immigrants 3. Integration minister 4. OECD 5. Sinus Study 6. Bundesamt for immigration 7. Investigating actual abilities despite poorness • EU migration and integration policy • EU entrance
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perspective has created more focus on a broad range of development goals rather than merely creating incentive for agricultural or resource based businesses. Education‚ entrepreneurship‚ physical infrastructure‚ and social infrastructure all play an important role in developing rural regions.[3] Rural development is also characterized by its emphasis on locally produced economic development strategies.[4] In contrast to urban regions‚ which have many similarities‚ rural areas are highly distinctive from
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