1. Victor Blanco Alejandro Bondia Arnau Folch Alejandro Roa Marc Vitega EUROPE IN THE FUTURE

2.  To join the EU must follow a procedure. -market economy -stable democracy -the rule of law -acceptance of all EU legislation, including on the euro  To Solicit the adhesion, you must respect, freedom, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and rule of law. CONDITIONS TO BE A MEMBER:

3. NEW ADHESIONS: Member states (27) Candidates: Turkey, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Iceland, Croatia. Potential Candidates: Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Possible Candidates: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Switzerland, Norway.

4.  Replaces the Constitution for Europe after the failed constitutional treaty of 2004  EU has legal personality to sign international agreements at Community level.  Essentially the same treaty that was rejected by France and Holland in 2004, the European Constitution. LISBOA TREATY

5.  The euro is the official currency of the euro zone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. EURO

6.  The European Constitution defines the values ​​, objectives and key powers of the European Union and organized institutiona l structure the same.  The European Constituon was failed, because not all the countries ant it. FAILED CONSTITUTION

7.  The crisis of Greece begin when the USA crisis started.  The countries of the EU, like Germany and France, couldn’t agree on how to rescue Greece.  The euro starts to lose credibility and value in the stock exchange. GREEK EURO CRISIS

8.  The European sovereign debt crisis is an ongoing financial crisis that has made it difficult or impossible for some countries in the euro area to re-finance their government debt without the assistance of third parties.  Some of the European countries were rescued by the EU. EURO CRISIS

9. SARKOZY SPEECH ABOUT SCHENGEN French President Nicolas Sarkozy says if he is re-elected, France could leave Europe’s border-free Schengen agreement if Europe doesn’t decide on a political government to lead Schengen within one year.