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The European Union:493 million people – 27 countries
Member states of the European Union
Candidate countries
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Eight enlargements
1952 1973 1981 1986
1990 1995 2004 2007
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GDP per inhabitant: the spread of wealth
GDP per inhabitants in Purchasing Power Standards, 2007
Index where the average of the 27 EU-countries is 100
280
144
131 129 127 123 121 118 117 113 113104 102 100
94 89 8779 77 75
67 66 6358 56 53
38 37
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i t e d K i n g d o m
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The area of the EU compared to the restof the world
Surface area, 1 000 km²
EU China Japan Russia United States
16 889
9327 9159
4234
365
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EU population in the world
Population in millions, 2007
497
1322
128 142
301
EU China Japan Russia United States
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23 official languages
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Three pillars
The European Union
The Treaties
EuropeanCommunity
domain(most ofcommonpolicies)
Commonforeign and
securitypolicy
Police and judicial
cooperationin criminal
matters
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The Court of Justice – upholding the law
27 independent judges,one from each EU country
Rules on how to interpret EU lawEnsures EU laws are used in the sameway in all EU countries
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The euro – a single currency for Europeans
EU countries using the euroEU countries not using the euro
Can be used everywhere in the euro area
Coins: one side with national symbols,one side common
Notes: no national side
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Improving health and the environment
Pollution knows no borders – joint action needed
EU action has helped bring us:
Cleaner bathing water
Much less acid rainLead-free petrol
Free and safe disposal of old electronic equipment
Strict rules on food safety from farm to fork
More organic and quality farming
More effective health warnings on cigarettes
Registration and control of all chemicals (REACH)
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Free to move
“Schengen”:
No police or customs checks at borders between mostEU countries
Controls strengthened at EU external borders
More cooperation between police from different EUcountries
You can buy and bring back any goods for personal usewhen you travel between EU countries
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The single market: freedom of choice
Since 1993:
2.5 million new jobs
prices of phone calls
and airfares halved Four freedoms of movement:
goods
services
people
capital
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How many people live in the EU?
Population in millions, 2007497 million
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R o m a n i a
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B u l g a r i a
H u n g a r y
P o r t u g a l
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I r e l a n d
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B e l g i u m
S l o v e n i a
C y p r u s
L u x e m b u r g
M a l t a
G e r m a n y
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United Kingdom
The European Parliament – voice of the people
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Italy
Ireland
24 Hungary
Greece
99 Germany
France
Finland
6 Estonia
14Denmark
24 Czech Republic
6 Cyprus
18 Bulgaria
24 Belgium
18 Austria
Decides EU laws and budget together with Council of MinistersDemocratic supervision of all the EU’s work
Total 785
78
19Sweden
54Spain
7 Slovenia
14 Slovakia
35 Romania
24Portugal
54Poland
27Netherlands
5 Malta
6 Luxembourg
13 Lithuania
9Latvia
Number of members elected in each country
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How big are the EU countries?
Surface area 1 000 km²
F r a n c e
S p a i n
S w e d e n
G e r m a n y
P o l a n d
F i n l a n d
I t a l y
U n i t e d K i n g d o m
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The European Union:493 million people – 27 countries
Member states of the European Union
Candidate countries
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The European Union:493 million people – 27 countries
Member states of the European Union
Candidate countries
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An area of freedom, security and justice
Charter of Fundamental Rights
Joint fight against terrorism
Police and law-enforcers fromdifferent countries cooperate
Coordinated asylum andimmigration policies
Civil law cooperation
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Jobs and growth
Challenges:
Demography: Europeans live longer, have fewer children
Globalisation: European economy faces competition from other parts of the world
Climate change: Emission of greenhouse gases must come down
Solutions:
European leaders have therefore agreed on a joint strategy for:
More research and innovation
A more dynamic business environment
Investing in people
A greener economy
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Solidarity in practice: the EU cohesion policy
2007-2013: 347 billion euro invested for infrastructure,business, environment and training of workers for less
well-off regions or citizens
Regional fund
Social fund
Cohesion fund
Convergence objective: regions withGDP per capita under 75% of the EUaverage. 81.5% of the funds arespent on this objective.
Regional competitiveness andemployment objective.
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The EU is the biggest provider of development aidin the world
Official development assistance per citizen, 2007
93 €
44 €
53 €
EU Japan United States
The EU provides 60% of all development aid
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How rich is the EU compared to the restof the world?
EU China Japan Russia United States EU China Japan Russia United States
10 793
1 326
3676
468
10 035
24 700
6 400
27 800
10 000
37 300
Size of economy: Gross Domestic Product in
billion of euros, 2006
Wealth per person: Gross Domestic Product
per person in Purchasing Power Standard, 2007
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The EU – a major trading power
Share of world tradein goods (2006)
Share of world tradein services (2005)
Others
50.5%
EU17.1%
United States
16%
Japan6.6%
China
9.6%
Others
44.9%
EU26%
United States18.4%
Japan
6.9%
China
3.8%
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Research - investing in the knowledge society
Spending on research and development in percentage of Gross
Domestic Product, 2006
1.8%
3.0%
1.3%
2.6%
3.3%
EU EU objective
for 2010
China Japan United States
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The European Union:493 million people – 27 countries
Member states of the European Union
Candidate countries
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The EU: an exporter of peace and prosperity
World trade rules
Common foreign and securitypolicy
Development assistance andhumanitarian aid
EU runs the peacekeeping operations
and the rebuilding of society in
war-torn countries like Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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The EU symbols
The European flagThe European anthem
Europe Day, 9 May
The motto: United in diversity
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Bibliography
• The actual slide contents in this presentation have been downloaded directly from the
European Commission’s Europa: The European Union at a glance, and the contents havenot been edited in any manner.
• Europa: The European Union webpage: http://ec.europa.eu/
• Actual slide show web page:http://europa.eu/abc/euslides/index_en.htm
• Above web pages accessed August 7, 2009
• All Notes content by John Dux, Carmel Middle School Social Studies Dept., Carmel, IN