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| | History of The European Union Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ StardustMemories.com |
 | | The first direct elections for the European Parliament were held in 1979, after a decision to that effect was first adopted in 1976 and ratified in 1978. | | | On May 17, 2005 a joint session of the Romanian Senate and Chamber of Deputies ratified the Treaty of Accession with the European Union. | | | Originally they shared the Court of Justice and Parliament in common, having separate Councils and Commissions (called the High Authority in the case of the ECSC); but the Merger Treaty of July 1967 merged their Councils and Commissions into a single Council and Commission. |
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http://www.stardustmemories.com/encyclopedia/History_of_the_European_Union
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| | EUROPA - The EU at a glance - The History of the European Union - 2003 |
| | A referendum is held in Lithuania on the country joining the European Union. | | | Several Member States are calling for changes to the draft EU Constitution proposed by the European Convention in July. | | | A European Council is held in Brussels, Belgium.The summit focused on three issues: the follow-up to the Thessaloniki Council on asylum and immigration; economic policy from the point of view of the Growth Initiative; and external relations. |
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http://www.europa.eu.int/abc/history/2003/index_en.htm
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| | Biographies - The history of the European Union and European Citizenship |
| | This politician from Luxembourg was one of the founding fathers of European Communities. | | | In 1949 he became chairman of the party in West Germany; and in the first general elections under the new regime, his party and its ally, the Christian Social Union (CSU), together won 139 of the 402 seats in the Bundestag (Federal Parliament). | | | As a Socialist candidate, he was elected to the European Parliament in 1979 and appointed chairman of the Monetary Affairs Committee. |
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http://www.historiasiglo20.org/europe/biografias.htm
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| | WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources--European Union |
| | European Union Legal Research-- From the Harvard Law School Library, a thorough guide to research on all aspects of EU law, through all the relevant media. | | | Public Opinion-- From the Public Opinion Analysis sector of the European Commission, the searchable central site for EU public opinion surveys, with results and data online, as well as archives. | | | EUR-Lex-- The searchable portal of the European Union for European Union Law, |
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http://www.etown.edu/vl/eurunion.html
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| | WISE NC Agenda 2000: SHORT HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION |
| | On April 18, 1951, at the prompting of French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman, the treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) was signed. | | | This treaty is seen as the most comprehensive reform of the Treaties of Rome. | | | In 1948 the West European Union (WEU) was formed, a Defense Community initially between the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, joined in 1954 by Germany and Italy. |
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http://www.antenna.nl/wise/493-4/eu.html
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| | MSN Encarta - European Union |
| | In 1991 the governments of the 12 member states signed the Treaty on European Union (commonly called the Maastricht Treaty), which was then ratified by the national legislatures of all the member countries. | | | Its principal goal is to promote and expand cooperation among member states in economics and trade, social issues, foreign policy, security and defense, and judicial matters. | | | Under the Maastricht Treaty, European citizenship was granted to citizens of each member state. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761579567/European_Union.html
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| | European Union 7 Days History |
| | This presupposes genuine political will on the part of the Member States, and is the price the Union must pay if it is to defend its interests and help ensure peace and justice in the world. | | | Up until 1979, MEPs were members of the national parliaments delegated to represent the latter at Strasbourg. | | | The European Union is open to any European country which wants to join it and is prepared to take on all the commitments made in the founding treaties and to subscribe to the same fundamental objectives. |
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http://www.towson.edu/polsci/ppp/sp97/eu/7DHIST~1.HTM
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| | Salvatore Lombardo: European Union/History |
| | What role did Margaret Thatcher play at the European level during her years as British Prime Minister? | | | Discuss the factors that contributed to the acceleration of the process of European integration at the end of the 1980s. | | | Discuss the problems that the Treaty on European Union encountered during the ratification process. |
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http://www.siena.edu/lombardo/neweb/europe/review/history.htm
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| | EURAC research - Focus - A short history of the European Union |
| | This Treaty lasts roughly 50 years, expiring 22 July 2002. | | | The objective of the European Constitution is to have one basic legal document for the Union rather than several treaties, as well as a clear definition of the respective limits of the authority of both the EU and its individual member states. | | | 1 November 1993: The Treaty of the European Union (or Treaty of Maastricht from 7 February 1992), is enacted, formally establishing The European Union (Art. |
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http://www.eurac.edu/Focus/historyEU.htm
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| | The Treaty of Nice - The history of the European Union and European Citizenship |
| | When the Union have 27 members, the whole number of votes of the Council will be 345. | | | The distance between the institutional move towards more union and integration and public opinion has appeared again, and, in this case, in a traditionally pro-Europe country. | | | The German foreign minister, Joscka Fischer, has put a key matter up to discussion: the need of a genuine constitutional process for Europe. |
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http://www.historiasiglo20.org/europe/niza.htm
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| | Η Ελληνική Προεδρία της ΕΕ - eu2003.gr - History of the European Union |
| | The twelve Member States decided on an ambitious plan that would lead to monetary union and the establishment of a single currency. | | | The process of European integration began shortly after the Second World War with two initial primary objectives: the economic reconstruction of war-ravaged Europe and the gradual creation of a unified region promoting peace, development and democracy which would prevent the rise of totalitarian regimes and the outbreak of armed conflict on the European continent. | | | The Treaty on European Union (Maastricht Treaty), signed on 10 December 1991, was a milestone in the course of European integration. |
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http://www.eu2003.gr/en/articles/2002/12/5/1125
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| | QUIZ ON EU HISTORY - Virtual School |
| | During his tem in office the European Union Treaty was signed. | | | They were signed in Rome in 1992 by Romano Prodi, Gerhard Schroeder, Tony Blair and other European leaders. | | | The right to vote and stand in local government and European Parliament elections in the country of residence. |
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http://www.eun.org/eun.org2/eun/en/vs-civics/content.cfm?lang=en&ov=22210
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| | History of the European Union quiz -- free game |
| | The six countries mentioned in the previous question refined their co-operation by establishing several supranational bodies: the Council (or Board) of Ministers, the European Parliament and the European Court. | | | With the establishment of the EEC and Euratom, besides the European board of Ministers, Parliament and Court, one other body was invented. | | | In 1951, six countries (France, Western Germany, and the three Benelux countries) signed an economic treaty which is now considered to be the basis of the present European Union. |
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http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=47923&origin=
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| | BUBL LINK: European union |
| | Aims to encourage research into the history of the European Communities, to promote public interest in the development of European integration and to ensure greater transparency in the functioning of the European institutions. | | | Author: Delegation of the European Commission to the United States | | | European Union Web server, with information on the Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, and other bodies of the European Union. |
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http://www.bubl.ac.uk/link/e/europeanunion.htm
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| | A History of the European Union and Great Britain |
| | The Treaty of Rome was signed by 6 European states | | | This meant that we were part of the European Community and wanted to be a part of it, but not to participate in a single currency, therefore, maintaining the pound should we decide to do so. | | | The heart of this was to create a single European currency so that Europe as an entity had a currency to challenge the international supremacy of the dollar. |
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http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/history_of_the_european_union_.htm
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| | european union history Resources Europeon Union Times |
| | History WKF HISTORY The first constituted organization was the European Karate Union (UEK). | | | History of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day History of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day by Glyn Davies (1919-2003) Monetary history in context from the dawn of civilization to the beginning of the twenty first century... | | | Europe Recast: A History of European Union (The European Union Series) Desmond Dinan Our Price: £ 17.99 & eligible for Free UK delivery on orders over £19 with Super Saver Delivery. |
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http://www.eutimes.org.uk/european-union-history.html
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| | Charter of Fundamental Rights: Home Page |
| | The European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights sets out in a single text, for the first time in the European Union's history, the whole range of civil, political, economic and social rights of European citizens and all persons resident in the EU. | | | This Charter is the end-result of a special procedure, which is without precedent in the history of the European Union and may be summarised as follows: | | | Mr Jacques Chirac, President of the European Council |
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http://www.europarl.eu.int/charter/default_en.htm
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| | European Union |
| | Notable are, on the one hand, the interest rate decisions made by the European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council and, on the other hand, the comments and statements made by the ECB President, the individual Council members, presidents of the National Central Banks (NCB's) of the EMU-area and ECB watchers. | | | At the European Summit in Laeken, Belgium, in December 2001, the heads of state agreed on a declaration on "The Future of the European Union". | | | The Union may be understood as a transnational, a supranational or even as a postnational democratic structure, but the place of that determination in a global context is not determined by any of the three. |
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http://www.wordtrade.com/society/politics/europeanunionR.htm
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| | European Union |
| | In its relatively short history, the European Union has increased in size with the entry of new members and in scope with the enlargement of its political responsibilities. | | | As Told By Hugo Paemon, European Union's Ambassador To The United States | | | The European Anthem- adapted from the final movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony - was adopted by the Council of Europe in 1972. |
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http://www.towson.edu/polsci/ppp/sp97/eu/INTRO.HTM
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| | History: The Western European Union |
| | This new and enhanced Treaty of Dunkirk was to be given the name of the Brussels Treaty Organisation (B.T.O.). | | | Roland Dumas the French foreign minister stated in October 1991 that a European defence identity meant "the defence of Europe by Europeans". | | | When considered if all of these states were to join the EC which enhances both political and security union then the Western European Union could one day stretch from Iceland in the North to Morocco in the south and from Dublin in the West even up to the very gates of Moscow itself. |
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http://www.cyberessays.com/History/115.htm
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| | Amazon.co.uk: The Great Deception: The Secret History of the European Union: Books |
| | Everyone who is interested in the history of the European Union and the way Britain sees it will find this book very interesting and intellectually stimulating. | | | Published to coincide with the launch of Giscard D'Estaing's new European Constitution in November, this work suggests that the United States of Europe has been based on a colossal confidence trick. | | | Dr Richard North was until recently research director for the Europe of Democracies and Diversities group in the European Parliament, and is now senior research fellow for the European Foundation. |
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0826471056
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| | European History |
| | History of the European Union: The European Union (EU) is the result of a process of cooperation and integration which began in 1951 between six countries (Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands). | | | European Witch-Hunts: For three centuries of early modern European history, diverse societies were consumed by a panic over alleged witches in their midst. | | | This website provides a history of the European Union and links to more detailed information on the subject. |
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http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REVeuropean.htm
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| | South-Western: European Monetary Union |
| | Willem F. Duisenberg was the President of the European Monetary Institute and is now serving as the first President of the European Central Bank. | | | One of the shortcomings of the European Monetary Union is that three members of the European Union (Britain, Denmark, and Sweden) have chosen to not participate in the European Monetary Union. | | | In May 1998, decisions were made on which countries were eligible for participation in the European Monetary Union. |
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http://www.swlearning.com/economics/policy_debates/monetary_union.html
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| | Researching the European Union |
| | brief history of the European Union http://europa.eu.int/abc/index_en.htm and the | | | This organization has a long history and its name has changed several times. | | | The European Union (EU) is an supranational organization currently composed of 25 European countries who have decided to cooperate on a number of issues (economic, monetary, security, etc.) and adopt uniform laws. |
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http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/intl/guides/eu
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| | CNN Specials - Changing Face of Europe |
| | The European Union, an economic and political alliance of 15 European states, is changing faster than at any other time in its 50-year history. | | | With 80,000 pages of treaties, regulations, directives and opinions, the EU's vast body of law has often been the subject of debate and rumour in the European press. | | | The European Union has embarked on a new phase of its existence, for the first time taking on a military role. |
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http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/eurounion
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| | AcademicDB - History of the European Union. |
| | Home: Politics: European: History of the European Union | | | What follows is a short sample of the document entitled "History of the European Union. | | | THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS The Council of Ministers of the European Union enacts legislation, which is binding throughout European Union territory and directs intergovernmental co-operation. |
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http://www.academicdb.com/history_the_european_union_5826
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