« MAISON DE L’EUROPE » WORKSHOP

INTRODUCTION

- Important things about the European Union- History of the European Union- Institutions- Euro zone- Conditions to enter the

European Union

SOME STUFF ABOUT THE EUROPEAN UNION

27 countries

More than 500 million people

Symbols like €uro or European flag

Founders : Coudenhove-kalergi in 1929

Budget : 140 billion €

Objectives : convergence,

competitiveness & cooperation

12 500 billion of GDP

The richest zone in the world

STEPS TO THE EUROPEAN UNION

• 1957: creation of EEC & as founders countries : Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg and Netherlands --- Rome treaty

• 1973: membersip of united kingdom, Ireland and Denmark

• 1981: membersip of Greece

• 1986: membersip of Spain and Portugal

• 1992: Maastricht treaty

• 1995: membersip of Austria, Finland and Suede

• 2004: membership of a lot of east countries

( Europe of 25)

• 2007: Europe of 27--- Lisbonne traity

INSTITUTIONS

o European commission

o Council of European Union

o European Parliament

o European council

o Court of auditors

o European central Bank

o Court of justice

THE EURO ZONE- Germany - Netherland The Schengen area :

- Austria - Portugal free mouvement of capital, goods and

- Belgium - Slovakia people circulation, created by

- Cyprus - Slovenia the treaty of Rome in 1985

- Spain

- Estonia

- Finland

- France

- Greece

- Ireland

- Italy

- Luxembourg

- Malta

CONDITIONS TO ENTER THE EUROPEAN UNION

Some countries are waiting to enter the European Union (Turkey for example) but

there are conditions like :

• To be an independant country

• To have stable institutions

• To comply with the European

monetary policy

CONCLUSION

Europe development is far from over