Definition of European Union

International political community made up of European countries that establishes common policies in economic matters, trade, development ...

The European Union (EU) is a community politics made up of twenty-seven European states, including Austria, Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria, Kingdom of Denmark, Cyprus, Slovak Republic, Spain, Slovenia, Estonia, Finland, Hellenic Republic, France, Hungary, Italy, Ireland, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Great Britain and Ireland of the North, Czech Republic, Sweden and Romania, successor to the European Communities and that was established on November 1, 1994 once the Union Treaty was in force European.

The EU has developed and implemented a single market through certain regulations of mandatory application in all member states, which ensure, among other issues, the free movement of people, goods, services and capital.

In addition, almost all member nations maintain common policies on issues such as trade, fishing, agriculture and regional development, with the clear objective of strengthening the economic supremacy of the region. Including, sixteen of those 27 states part

have adopted a common currency, the Euro, which further facilitates trade between countries and has created the so-called Eurozone.
On the other hand, to this policy of economic union is joined by cooperation in the field of safety, foreign policy, police and judicial cooperation.

Main organs that comprise it

The European Commission, the Council of the European Union, the European Council, the European Court of Justice, the European Central Bank and the European Parliament are the main organisms and institutions through which the EU discusses, generates and establishes common policies.

Decision making

There are two basic ways of making decisions, one will be through direct negotiation between the member states and there is another in which the institutions of the community will be the ones that will take.
The right Community law will never go beyond the internal law of each country, but is integrated into it and coexists interdependently.

Requirements to join the EU

To join the European Union, a country must strictly comply with the so-called Copenhagen criteria, which are a series of rules that have been stipulated in 1993, precisely at the European Council in Copenhagen. There the following was established: a democracy stable that respects both human rights and the rule of law, a market economy viable and competitive and acceptance of the obligations stipulated by membership. The evaluation about this behavior, whether it is observed or not, runs on the part of the European Council.

Among the official and unofficial candidates to enter the community soon are the following states: Turkey, Macedonia, Croatia, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo, among others.

Teamwork and unity in diversity

It is proven that teamwork almost always generates good results in achieving the goals of the team in question and of course this is what international political organizations such as the EU propose and were proposed at the time of get started. Using a popular phrase, we could synthesize the work of the EU in: the union is strength, because when everyone pulls for the same side, they have objectives, policies and Common strategies, sooner or later, will end up achieving the goals and benefits that reach all the components of the group, because of course that is the idea that gives rise to its creation.

The EU has proposed since it was a project until today that it is a fact, the union of Europe, that this region is united despite the diversity that presents by tradition, uses, customs and existing history each country that integrates it and that everyone responds positively to common policies to make the area stronger in all its aspects.

And not by chance then its motto is unity in diversity... knowing of course the multiculturalism that prevails, the mission is to overcome it and not focus on those differences but in the coincidences that they have and that are definitively for which there is to fight so that the entire region can offer its members a better quality of life in all levels.

Nobel Peace Prize 2012

In 2012, the Nobel Foundation, which awards the Nobel Peace Prize, the most outstanding and precious when it comes to distinguishing those who have worked hard to In favor of friendship and the union of nations and therefore against the elimination of differences and conflicts, distinguished the European Union with this important award for be precisely an organization that throughout the years tirelessly struggled in favor of peace, concertation, union, human rights and democracy throughout Europe.

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