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| | The University of Saarland, Germany |
 | | Guide to Law Online - list of useful Swedish links (from Law Library of Congress in US) | | | Guide to Law Online - list of useful French links (from Law Library of Congress in US) | | | Guide to Law Online - list of useful Greek links (from Law Library of Congress in US) |
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| | The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: European Union Research Guides |
| | A list of European documentation centers in EU member states and worldwide is maintained on the Europa website at European Documentation Centres. | | | A list of depository libraries in the United States is maintained on the site of the Delegation of the European Commission to the United States. | | | The most thorough guide to EU research is Accessing European Union Information on the European Union Information Resources site, compiled by Barbara Sloan, Head of the Office of Public Inquiries, Delegation of the European Commission to the US, Washington, DC. |
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http://www.library.pitt.edu/subject_guides/westeuropean/wwwes/euguides.guide.html
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| | European Union FAQs |
| | For the first time, Members of the European Parliament were elected directly by the people of all Member states (June 7-10). | | | «European Union» is the name of the organization for the member countries that have decided to co-operate on a great number of areas, ranging from a single market to foreign policy, and from mutual recognition of school diplomas to exchange of criminal records. | | | As the debate over the European Union is likely to focus strongly on the IGC in the course of this year, we have added a special section on it to this list. |
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| | Middle East Open Encyclopedia: EU |
| | Below is a table and three graphs showing, respectively, the GDP (PPP), the GDP (PPP) per capita and the GDP (nominal) per capita for the European Union and for each of its 25 member states. | | | The European Union or the EU is an intergovernmental and supranational union of 25 European countries, known as member states. | | | Supporters of the European Union argue that the growth of the EU is a force for peace and democracy. |
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| | European Commission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Unlike the Council of the European Union, the Commission is intended to be a body independent of member states. | | | The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive of the European Union. | | | Alongside the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, it is one of the three main institutions governing the Union. |
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| | List of Presidents of the European Council - definition of List of Presidents of the European Council in Encyclopedia |
| | The post as President of the assembled European Council, is performed by the head of government or head of state of the member state that is holding the Presidency of Council the European Union. | | | Under the provisions adopted in the proposed Treaty establishing a constitution for Europe, which has yet to be ratified by all member states, the rotating Presidency will be replaced by a permanent 2½-year chair, chosen by the heads of government themselves. | | | The role as president is in no sense equivalent to a head of stateship, merely a primus inter pares (first among equals) role with other European heads of government. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/List_of_Presidents_of_the_European_Council
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| | NYU Law - Library, European Union Research |
| | A meeting of the European Council brings together the Heads of State or Government of the Member States of the European Union and the President of the European Commission. | | | The legal instruments of Justice and Home Affairs are guidelines set by the European Council; common positions, framework decisions (to be implemented by the Member States), decisions and implementing measures, resolutions, declarations, and conclusions adopted by the Council; and conventions proposed by the Council subject to ratification by the Member States. | | | Bulletin of the European Union (formerly Bulletin of the European Communities) is useful for tracking the legislative process and gathering citations to documents, but it is slow to be published. |
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| | CITY PREFERENCES IN MEP CVs - |
| | * Those elected for the parliamentary term 1999-2004 by the 15 Member States that constituted the European Union until 30 April 2004. | | | Member of the Council of State (1997). | | | Former member of the Lazio and Abruzzo regional councils. |
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| | EEA - Themes - climate - Reports (List of reports) |
| | This, the third of the European Environment Agency's Environmental signals reports - Benchmarking the Millennium, provides an insight into the state of Europe's environment and is targeted at high-level policy makers in EEA member countries and the European Union, as well as the wider public. | | | This report presents greenhouse gas inventories for the European Community and its Member States, for 1990-1998. | | | European Community and Member States greenhouse gas emission trends 1990-1998 |
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| | NationMaster.com - Europe |
| | Turkey is about to be a member of the European Union. | | | Cyprus is a member of the European Union and is historically considered in Europe. | | | Is also a member of many European organizations and wannabe member of the E.U. So we can say that geographically and maybe ethnologically is an Asian country but in terms of politics and interstate affairs is a European country. |
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| | European Affairs [A Publication of the European Institute] |
| | Either the European Union gets a constitution that streamlines its institutions, thereby abolishing the rotating presidency, or none of the long list of aspiring member countries is likely to enter the Union in the foreseeable future. | | | The question was a light-hearted attempt to address the serious issue of whether and when the Union will expand into the Western Balkans, and admit Turkey, especially now that the rejection of the proposed EU constitution by French and Dutch voters has raised new doubts about the entire future enlargement process. | | | A strong European Union composed of 27 countries, all of them members of the euro and the Schengen zone, would almost be bound to feel the need for further institutional revision. |
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| | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT FACT SHEETS - 1.3.4. The European Parliament: electoral procedures |
| | Article 19 (8b) ECT states: ‘every citizen of the Union residing in a Member State of which he is not a national shall have the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament in the Member State in which he resides'. | | | In eight Member States (Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Portugal) seats falling vacant following ‘open' resignation are allocated to the first unelected candidates on the lists (possibly after permutation to reflect the votes obtained by the various candidates). | | | Lists failing to obtain 5% of the vote in Germany or France, and 4% in Austria or Sweden, are excluded from the allocation of seats. |
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| | European Central Bank: Information From Answers.com |
| | The European System of Central Banks (ESCB) is comprised of the European Central Bank (ECB), and the national central banks of the 25 member-states of the European Union. | | | The European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany is the central bank of the eurozone, in charge of monetary policy for the 12 countries that use the new euro currency. | | | The European Commission challenged that move, however, and the EU high court annulled the finance ministers' decision in 2004. |
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| | Council of the European Union |
| | Council of the European Union - The Council of Ministers representing the Member States' governments. | | | Council of the European Union Bookshop - List of the Council's publications with on-line ordering of those which are free of charge. | | | Biography of Javier Solana- Provides a biography of the European Union's Foreign Secretary. |
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http://www.breakpt.org/Society/Government/Multilateral/Regional/EuropeanUnion/Institutions/CounciloftheEuropeanUnion
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| | European Studies : Databases & E-Resources (Library of Congress) |
| | Provides access to statistical information on the European Union, the EU Member States, the euro-zone and other countries. | | | European Studies : Databases and E-Resources (Library of Congress) | | | A list of links, databases, and resources which provide an entry point to the scale and depth of the international collections held by the Library of Congress. |
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| | Countries bordering the European Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | This is a list of countries bordering the European Union and its predecessor the European Community both at its current geographical extent and after all previous rounds of enlargement. | | | Although the whole of Cyprus became part of the European Union on 1 May 2004, EU legislation only applies to the Republic of Cyprus, the southern part of the island. | | | Therefore, come 2007, the state of Serbia and Montenegro may no longer exist, and only Serbia would still border EU members (until Croatia becomes an EU member state). |
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| | LondonElects. The European Parliament election |
| | Following the election of Theresa Anne Villiers as the Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet on 5 May 2005, and her subsequent resignation as a Member of the European Parliament, the Regional Returning Officer appointed a replacement Member of the European Parliament from the Conservative Party list. | | | This section has detailed information on the European Parliament, the expansion of the European Union (EU) on 1 May 2004, and the elections across the EU. | | | The EU expanded from 15 to 25 member states on 1 May 2004. |
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| | South-Western: European Monetary Union |
| | The European Union's Euro page contains a description of the currency, information on currency conversion, and a list of participating member states. | | | 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. | | | One of the major issues facing the European Union is the process of "Enlargement." As of 4/10/03, 13 additional countries (10 former Soviet bloc economies and Malta, Cyprus, and Turkey) have applied for membership in the EU. |
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| | European Union Enlargement |
| | This page provides answers to a number of the questions about enlargement of the European Union that are frequently asked by its citizens | | | Click here for the European Commission's new E-day website including general information and a quiz on EU enlargement, as well as a useful list of contacts, an agenda of special events to mark E-day and lots more. | | | Where to find information on the future Member States and Candidate Countries |
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| | The Commonwealth Realms |
| | There have been rumours that the member States of the Union will eventually lose their separate diplomatic missions and the affairs of each will be handled by a single European Embassy. | | | Similarly, the several treaties that the member states of the European Union have entered into have established a primacy over their individual laws and activities. | | | For instance, Australia’s Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, in a speech to the National Press Club in May 2002, seemed to indicate that the time had come for Australia: “to work hard on building our links not only with the individual member states of the European Union, but also with European institutions. |
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| | European Council - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography |
| | The role of President of the assembled European Council is performed by the head of government or head of state of the member state currently holding the Presidency of Council the European Union. | | | Under the provisions contained in the proposed Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, which has yet to be ratified by all member states, the rotating Presidency will be replaced by a permanent 2½-year chair, chosen by the heads of government themselves. | | | The role as president is in no sense equivalent to a head of stateship, merely a primus inter pares (first among equals) role with other European heads of government. |
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http://www.arikah.com/encyclopedia/European_Council
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| | TEMPUS/TACIS |
| | But decisions in this area are taken by the Member States of the European Union. | | | But in 1999 the Member States decided that Schengen should be taken over by the European Union, because in the meantime almost all Member States of the European Union were also members of the Schengen area. | | | Second, the European Union (except for the UK and Ireland) has agreed on a list of countries whose citizens need to have a Visa when entering the Schengen area. |
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| | List of European Union-related topics |
| | List of European Union-related topics Identity of the EU and its members | | | List of European Union-related topics European Court of Justice incorporating the Court of First Instance | | | List of European Union-related topics EU competition law (see also |
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| | Brussels - encyclopedia article about Brussels. |
| | It contains ministers of the governments of each of the member-states. | | | The Council of the European Union is sometimes referred to in official European Union documents simply as the Council, and it is often informally referred to as the Council of Ministers (which will become its official name if the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe is adopted). | | | The third main institution of the European Union, the European Parliament The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. |
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| | European Parliament Elections 2003 |
| | Due to the enlargement of the European Union, the number of seats allocated to member states have been cut and the UK government has decide to reduce the number of seats in Scotland from eight to seven. | | | A Board member of the European Movement, he is a regional organiser for the pro-euro Scotland in Europe campaign and established the vote16 campaign planning to reduce the voting age to 16. | | | Winnie Ewing went on to become the Mother of the Scottish Parliament in 1999 and as acting Presiding Officer uttered the memorable words 'The Scottish Parliament, adjourned on the 25 th day of March in the year 1707, is hereby reconvened'. |
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| | POLITICS in Lithuania |
| | The party won five of the thirteen seats Lithuania is allocated in Parliament of the European Union. | | | This has raised great concerns to the mainstream political political parties and politicians To avoid potential clean sweep by the Work party in the upcoming parliamentary election, the current parliament reinstituted a two tour election in the 71 single member districts. | | | They are "Young Lithuania" and New Nationalist Union (in 5 districts); Lithuania's Polish Peoples Party (in 9 districts); and Lithuania's Russian Union (in 12 districts). |
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| | Foreign relations of Portugal -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | In 2002, the (The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve European nations (Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Austria, Finland) adopted the euro as thei) Euro began to circulate as Portugal's currency. | | | Portugal held the presidency of the European Union for the second time during the first half of 2000. | | | Portugal was a founding member of (An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security) NATO; it is an active member of the alliance by, for example, contributing proportionally large contingents in (An inhabitant of the Balkan Peninsula) Balkans peacekeeping forces. |
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| | THE TRILATERAL COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP LIST |
| | Carl Bildt, Member of the Swedish Parliament and former Chairman of the Moderate Party; former Prime Minister of Sweden; former European Union High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina and UN Envoy to the Balkans | | | Sir John Kerr, Former Secretary General, European Convention, Brussels; Former Permanent Under-Secretary of State and Head of the Diplomatic Service, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London; former British Ambassador to the United States | | | Christopher Patten, Member of the European Commission (External Relations), Brussels; Chancellor-elect of the University of Oxford; former Governor of Hong Kong; former Member of the British Cabinet, London |
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| | Julius von Payer - encyclopedia article about Julius von Payer. |
| | It is a founding member of what is now the European Union, and a member state of the United Nations, NATO and the G8 nations. | | | As of May 1, 2004, it is a member state of the European Union. | | | monarchy), was a dualistic state (1867 –1918) in which the Kingdom of Hungary enjoyed self-government and representation in joint affairs (principally foreign relations and defence) with the western and northern lands of the Austrian Empire under the Austrian Emperors (who also reigned as Kings of Hungary) of the Habsburg dynasty. |
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| | Politics of Sweden - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography |
| | In 1995 Sweden together with Finland and Austria joined the European Union, extending the number of member countries from 12 to 15. | | | Apart from the European Union Sweden is also an active member of the UN and several other organisations such as OECD and IMF. | | | The state of Sweden is a limited constitutional monarchy. |
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