Europe Anthem

Video Title :	Europe Anthem
Description :	Preliminary statement: The evolution of the European Union (EU) from a regional economic agreement among six neighboring states in 1951 to today's supranational organization of 27 countries across the European continent stands as an unprecedented phenomenon in the annals of history. Dynastic unions for territorial consolidation were long the norm in Europe. On a few occasions even country-level unions were arranged - the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Austro-Hungarian Empire were examples - but for such a large number of nation-states to cede some of their sovereignty to an overarching entity is truly unique. Although the EU is not a federation in the strict sense, it is far more than a free-trade association such as ASEAN, NAFTA, or Mercosur, and it has many of the attributes associated with independent nations: its own flag, anthem, founding date, and currency, as well as an incipient common foreign and security policy in its dealings with other nations. In the future, many of these nation-like characteristics are likely to be expanded. Thus, inclusion of basic intelligence on the EU has been deemed appropriate as a new, separate entity in The World Factbook. However, because of the EU's special status, this description is placed after the regular country entries. Background: Following the two devastating World Wars of the first half of the 20th century, a number of European leaders in the late 1940s became convinced that the only way to establish a lasting peace was to unite the two chief belligerent nations - France and Germany - both economically and politically. In 1950, the French Foreign Minister Robert SCHUMAN proposed an eventual union of all Europe, the first step of which would be the integration of the coal and steel industries of Western Europe. The following year the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) was set up when six members, Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, signed the Treaty of Paris. The ECSC was so successful that within a few years the decision was made to integrate other parts of the countries' economies. In 1957, the Treaties of Rome created the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), and the six member states undertook to eliminate trade barriers among themselves by forming a common market. In 1967, the institutions of all three communities were formally merged into the European Community (EC), creating a single Commission, a single Council of Ministers, and the European Parliament. Members of the European Parliament were initially selected by national parliaments, but in 1979 the first direct elections were undertaken and they have been held every five years since. In 1973, the first enlargement of the EC took place with the addition of Denmark, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. The 1980s saw further membership expansion with Greece joining in 1981 and Spain and Portugal in 1986. The 1992 Treaty of Maastricht laid the basis for further forms of cooperation in foreign and defense policy, in judicial and internal affairs, and in the creation of an economic and monetary union - including a common currency. This further integration created the European Union (EU). In 1995, Austria, Finland, and Sweden joined the EU, raising the membership total to 15. A new currency, the euro, was launched in world money markets on 1 January 1999; it became the unit of exchange for all of the EU states except the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Denmark. In 2002, citizens of the 12 euro-area countries began using the euro banknotes and coins. Ten new countries joined the EU in 2004 - Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia - and in 2007 Bulgaria and Romania joined, bringing the current membership to 27. In order to ensure that the EU can continue to function efficiently with an expanded membership, the Treaty of Nice (in force as of 1 February 2003) set forth rules streamlining the size and procedures of EU institutions. An effort to establish an EU constitution, begun in October 2004, failed to attain unanimous ratification. A new effort, undertaken in June 2007, calls for the creation of an Intergovernmental Conference to form a political agreement, known as the Reform Treaty, which is to serve as a constitution. Unlike the constitution, however, the Reform Treaty would amend existing treaties rather than replace them. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ee.html
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Well, when a country is getting a stronger economy, mostly the rich one will feel it quicker, but eventually the people who earn less will also have it better. It just takes more time.

and by the was there was no EU after WW2. It was the coal and montain - union that 5 countries (F,D, Benelux and I) closed. We can talk about the EU only since 1992/93, since the Maastricht treaty. And this coal union secured only, that there is no war between Germany and France. And this would not happen anyway in our lifetime. With or without the EU.

yes I give you an A+ for reciting what you have been indoctrinated. You would mak a good party-soldier. Have you ever heard of the Balkan war? Of the 45 years of communist occupation in the east of Europe? What about the EU-parliamentaries giving a huge shit about the opinion of the peoples (s. Irish no).

the governments yes, the peoples no. I give attie3 right

wrong, what brought peace to Europe was the Franco-German initiative to set a common market for steel and coal thus making it impossible that both countries expand military might without supervision from the other country since these two were the main raw material at this time.

Ez a suliban a kicsengést és a becsengetést jelző zene. Tök muris. Tudom, hogy egy szót nem értetek abból, amit mondok, de hogy őszinte legyek, leszarom, mert annak ellenére, hogy tudok angolul, nincs kedvem azt a nyelvet használni. Európaiul meg nem tudok :P.

the eu is not going to last for long give or take 20 more years

I don't know. I think most companys and governments in europe recognize the benefits of the system even over 20 years.

GO Europe Go! Go Letzebuerg Go!

nu labour will LOSE the next UK General Election the Conservative Party WILL form the next Government they have COMMITTED to holding a referendum on the hated lisbon treaty the British people WILL reject the treaty the eu WILL be in turmoil and the UK WILL leave SMASH the eu