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The European Union: 500 million people – 27 countries Member states of the European Union Candidate countries

Founders New ideas for lasting peace and prosperity… Konrad Adenauer Robert Schuman Winston Churchill Alcide De Gasperi Jean Monnet

The EU symbols The European flag The European anthem Europe Day, 9 May The motto: United in diversity

23 official languages

Enlargement: from six to 27 countries

The big enlargement: healing the division of Europe Fall of Berlin Wall – end of Communism EU economic help begins: Phare programme Criteria set for a country to join the EU: democracy and rule of law functioning market economy ability to implement EU laws Formal negotiations on enlargement begin Copenhagen summit agrees enlargement 10 new EU members: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia  1989  1992  1998  2002  2004  2007 Bulgaria and Romania join the EU Candidates Iceland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Turkey © Reuders  2013 Croatia joins on 1 st of July

The treaties – basis for democratic cooperation built on law 1952 The European Steel and Coal Community 1958 The treaties of Rome: The European Economic Community The European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) 1987 The European Single Act: the Single Market 1993 Treaty of European Union – Maastricht 1999 Treaty of Amsterdam 2003 Treaty of Nice 2009 Treaty of Lisbon

The Lisbon treaty - taking Europe into the 21st century The Treaty will make the European Union: More efficient Simpler processes, full-time president for the Council, etc. More democratic Stronger role for the European Parliament and national parliaments, "Citizens Initiative", Charter of Fundamental Rights, etc. More transparentClarifies who does what, greater public access to documents and meetings, etc. More united on High Representative for Foreign Policy, etc. the world stage More secureNew possibilities to fight climate change and terrorism, secure energy supplies, etc.

EU population in the world Population in millions, EUChinaJapanRussiaUnited States

The area of the EU compared to the rest of the world Surface area, km² EUChina Japan RussiaUnited States

How rich is the EU compared to the rest of the world? EU ChinaJapanRussiaUnited States EU ChinaJapan Russia United States Size of economy: 2008 gross domestic product in billion of euros Wealth per person: 2008 gross domestic product per person

How big are the EU countries? Surface area in km² France Spain Sweden Germany Poland Finland Italy United Kingdom Romania Greece Bulgaria Hungary Portugal Austria Czech Republic Ireland Lithuania Latvia Slovakia Estonia Denmark Netherlands Belgium Slovenia Cyprus Luxemburg Malta

How many people live in the EU? Population in millions, million total France Spain Sweden Poland Finland Italy United Kingdom Romania Greece Bulgaria Hungary Portugal Austria Czech Republic Ireland Lithuania Latvia Slovakia Estonia Denmark Netherlands Belgium Slovenia Cyprus Luxemburg Malta Germany

The euro – a single currency for Europeans EU countries using the euro EU countries not using the euro Can be used everywhere in the euro area  Coins: one side with national symbols, one side common  Notes: no national side

Three key players The European Parliament - voice of the people Martin Schulz, President of of the European Parliament The council of Ministers - voice of the Member States Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council The European Commission - promoting the common interest José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission

European Parliament The EU institutions Court of Justice Court of Auditors Economic and Social Committee Committee of the Regions Council of Ministers (Council of the EU) European Commission European Investment BankEuropean Central Bank Agencies European Council (summit)

The European Parliament – voice of the people  Decides EU laws and budget together with Council of Ministers  Democratic supervision of all the EU’s work Number of members elected in each country (January 2012) United Kingdom Italy Ireland 22 Hungary Greece 99 Germany France Finland 6 Estonia 13 Denmark 22Czech Republic 6Cyprus 18 Bulgaria 22 Belgium 19 Austria Total Sweden 54Spain 8Slovenia 13Slovakia 33 Romania 22 Portugal 51Poland 2626 Netherlands 6Malta 6 Luxembourg 12 Lithuania 9 Latvia

The European political parties Greens/European Free Alliance 58 European Conservatives and Reformists 53 Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe 84 European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) 271 Non-attached members 30 Total : 753 Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats 190 European United Left - Nordic Green Left 34 Europe of Freedom and Democracy 33 Number of seats in the European Parliament per political group (January 2012)