major significance and considerable controversy in recent years. Turkey applied for associate membership of the EU in 1959. The application resulted in an Association Agreement in 1963 whereby Turkey and the EU would conditionally and gradually create a customs union by 1995 at the latest. The customs union was considered as a step towards full membership at an unspecified future date. The EU granted Turkey financial assistance and protective tariffs in the first stage‚ but the second stage of gradual
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business sense to stay up to date with current EU legislation and policies. Also discussed shall be the effects that following or not following them could have on a business‚ and what a consumer could do if they believed one of the legislations or policies had been broken. A Brief History of the Single European Market An important speech made by Robert Schuman‚ the French Minister for Foreign Affairs on 9th May 1950 planted the seeds for the creation of the EU (Suder‚ 2008). May 9th is now celebrated
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Turkey: The eternal candidate to the European Union Geographical aspects concerning TURKEY: Turkey is situated in Anatolia and the Balkans‚ bordering the Black Sea‚ between Bulgaria and Georgia‚ and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea‚ between Greece and Syria. Other neighbours include Iran‚ Iraq‚ Azerbaijan‚ Bulgaria and Armenia The area of Turkey is 783‚562 km (land-98%) and 9‚820 km (water-2%). The country of Turkey straddles two continents: Asia and Europe. The European
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report on Turkey as a candidate member of the EU. The conclusion is clear: Turkey takes the reforms in the country slowly‚ but need to put a lot more momentum behind. The European Union is a supranational organization of European countries‚ which currently consists of 27 Member States. Within the Union‚ there is cooperation in the political‚ legal and economic terms. Since October 2005 negotiates Turkey‚ which is for 13 percent in Europe‚ with the EU accession. There are some great and important
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the biosphere. Some‚ perhaps all‚ are close to tipping points that‚ if tipped‚ will result in irreversible change. And yet‚ no sense of urgency is apparent. If any one of the eight interactive crises passes a tipping point‚ it will probably act as a threat multiplier for the remaining crises. Both politicians and the average citizen believe that priorities can be established for these interactive crises‚ but such an option is not viable for a highly interactive system. Polls indicate that most people
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and the EU Britain have had a long and complicated relationship to the EU since it was established‚ to Britain joined the EU and until today. Britain joined the EU or the European Community as it was called then in 1973. Two years after there was a referendum in Britain about whether they should stay in the union or not. 66% voted to stay‚ and this was the last referendum Britain have had about staying or leaving the EU. In 1991 the Maastrict Treaty was signed‚ this treaty said that the EU should
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Should the UK leave the EU? The European Union made up of united countries whose governments work together. Each country has to pay money to be a member‚ and mostly do this by taxes to ensure they receive certain benefits. The money contributed by each country is used to change the way in which people live and do business in Europe. The intention of the EU is to unify people in Europe‚ however it is often debated whether or not being a member of the EU is beneficial for the UK. Many people believe
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Influence of the EU on Democracy in the UK One of the objectives of the creation of the European Union was to develop a single market and remove trading barriers so there would be standardisation of technical regulations and convergence of conditions between European markets. With this in mind‚ it saw the need for employers and employees to work together in order to achieve this. The main statement of the European social policy is the Social Charter (approved by 11 of the then 12 member states)
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the term EU-15 is used to describe the states which made up the EU before the 2004 and 2007 enlargements. The issue that is being discussed relates to the economic impact of this enlargement round on the European Union. For practical reasons only some aspects of the economic impact on the European Union will be discussed. This seems to be an important issue since the 10+2 round brings countries into the European Union which GDP and thus the standard of living is far below average of the EU-15. The
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NAFTA/EU The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is an agreement signed by the governments of Mexico‚ Canada and the United States. It creates a three way trade bloc in North America. The agreement was made on January 1‚ 1994. The trade bloc is the largest in the world as of 2010. The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 27 member states which are located mainly in Europe. Its capital is de facto Brussels. The EU operates through a system of independent institutions
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