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= European Union Research = =  =

Why was the European Union created?

 * The  European Union was created after the Second World War when leaders of major nations wanted to eliminate internal trade barriers and to make Europe competitive with the United States.
 *  Also the European Union was created so that it could bring peace to all the countries after the last World War.
 *  After World War II Europe was in disarray so they created a way to unite Europe so they could have a better sense of security.
 *  Also Europe united so that the countries that were not doing so well economically could get help from the richer countries.
 *  The European Union was formed because they wanted to go more towards integration.
 *  Also so that the military systems in Europe could be more affective so if something like the World Wars happen again they would be prepared.
 *  The European Union was formed because after World War II Europe was not all together because some countries were still regrouping from when communism fell.
 *  The EU was created also so they could take care of environmental issues in Europe.

Give a thorough history of the EU.
 ·  The European Union was not just formed it was a process of different treaties that finally formed the European Union.  ·  The first treaty was proposed in 1950 by Robert Shuman it was called the European Coal and Steel Community it started off with six countries,  Belgium, France, Italy, Luxemburg, The Netherlands and West Germany. The treaties aim was to make war impossible because the out come of World War II wasn’t so great.  ·  In 1957 two other communities were formed they were the European Economic Community, and the European Atomic Energy Community.  ·  In 1967 the Merger treaty was formed it combined all three of the treaties together, also known as the European Communities. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff0066; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  In 1973, more countries joined the communities, like Denmark, Ireland, and The United Kingdom. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff0066; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  From 1980 to 1990 Greece, Spain, Portugal, And East Germany joined the communities. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff0066; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  On November 1, 1993, the Maastricht Treaty <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #ff0066; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> was put together and that was when the European Union was established. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #ff0066; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff0066; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  In 1995, Austria, Finland, and Sweden joined the EU  <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff0066; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   In 2002, a currency was created, the euro used by mostly all members except Great Britain. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff0066; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  In 2004, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Malta, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania joined the European Union <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff0066; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  in 2007, Romania and Bulgaria joined The  European Union

What is the purpose of the EU?
How does the EU benefit Europeans? <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: lime; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 24pt; color: #ff6600; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: Dotum;">Great <span style="font-size: 24pt; color: #66ccff; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: Dotum;">Britain <span style="font-size: 24pt; color: #66ccff; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: Dotum;">
 * <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The Purpose of the European Union is to unite the countries (that are in the EU) together so they could make decisions as one.
 * <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Another Purpose of the EU is to help the countries in need of help like the poorer countries.
 * <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Also an important purpose of the EU is that they help the countries in Europe stay equal to each other with their now discrimination law.
 * in addition a purpose is to keep the environment safer by lowering pollution.
 * Another purpose is to help the industries in the Union that are in need of help.
 * Also to keep the culture and the value of that the Europeans share as one Nation.
 * Another purpose is to protect the people inside of conflict and war.
 * Additionally the purpose of the EU is to have no trade barriers inside the member countries.
 * The European Union benefits the economies of different countries because there are no trade barriers. <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * The EU benefits Europeans because when they have to make a decision its not 27 different ideas they all agree on one. <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * The EU benefits Europeans because they work to help day-to-day problems like the environmental issues.
 * In addition, the EU does not just help countries that are in the EU it helps countries around its borders like North Africa.
 * In addition, a benefit for the people in the EU is easier travel.
 * Another benefit of being apart of the European Union is better environments because parts of Europe are not communist anymore. <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * The EU helps younger Europeans get an education that is why Europe has such a good literacy rate.
 * The EU benefits people in Europe because they have a no discrimination law so people with a different ethnicity could have equal rights.
 * additionally a european apart of the EU has the rights to vote on local leaders.

<span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #ff0066; line-height: 115%; font-family: Constantia; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: Dotum;"> Is your country a member of the EU?
<span style="color: lime; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: Dotum; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">My country is Great Britain it is a member of the European Union and it was one of the original members in 1993. Great Britain is the third most populated island on the earth with a population of 58.9 million people. With all these people Great Britain benefits from being apart of the European Union because there is no trade barriers so trade can flow better. That is why Great Britain is such a successful and rich country.

<span style="font-size: 16pt; color: red; line-height: 115%; font-family: Constantia; mso-bidi-font-family: Shruti; mso-fareast-font-family: Dotum;"> If it is, how and when did it become a member?
Great Britain is one of the original members of the European Union they joined in 1993. Great Britain was one of the first countries to join the European Union so they decided to agree to the Maastrichts treaty and bring the three treaties together as one big treaty called the European Union. During that, time there was only 12 original members of the European Union. ==<span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #ffcc00; line-height: 115%; font-family: Constantia; mso-bidi-font-family: Shruti; mso-fareast-font-family: Dotum;"> What are the pros and cons of joining the EU for your country? == <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3399ff; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: Dotum;">Pros: <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0066; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="color: #ff0066; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: Dotum; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The European Union has no trade barriers so no tariffs or quotas on the goods Great Britain wants to import and, export. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3399ff; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: Dotum;"> <span style="color: #ff0066; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> ·  <span style="color: #ff0066; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: Dotum; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Also, the European Union surrounds Great Britain with a safe and, healthy environment. <span style="color: #3399ff; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: Dotum; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="color: #ff0066; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> ·  <span style="color: #ff0066; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: Dotum; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The European Union also helps Great Britain’s economy thrive because of all of the treaties that are inside the EU. <span style="color: #3399ff; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: Dotum; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="color: #ff0066; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> ·  <span style="color: #ff0066; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: Dotum; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Great Britain <span style="color: #ff0066; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: Dotum; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> has more allies because of the European Union. <span style="color: #3399ff; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: Dotum; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="color: #ff3399; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: Dotum; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Cons: <span style="color: #ff9900; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> ·   <span style="color: #ff9900; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: Dotum; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">A disadvantage to Great Britain being apart of the EU is that if Great Britain has an idea everybody in the union has to agree on the decision. Compared to a country that is not apart of the EU, they can decide things as their own country. <span style="color: #ff9900; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> ·  <span style="color: #ff9900; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: Dotum; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Also if another country in the Union needs help Great Britain, (not in particular) has to help that country. <span style="color: #ff9900; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> ·  <span style="color: #ff9900; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: Dotum; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Another con is that you have to put aside history and work together as a team, because Germany and Great Britain used to be enemies. <span style="color: #ff9900; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> ·  <span style="color: #ff9900; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: Dotum; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Also, the European Union tries to be the same culturally but Great Britain still has not made the change to a euro. ==<span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #30dc8a; line-height: 115%; font-family: Constantia; mso-bidi-font-family: Shruti; mso-fareast-font-family: Dotum;"> How does the EU benefit your country, whether they are a member or not? == <span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Great Britain, being apart of the European Union influences others inside the EU. <span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Also, tourist going to Great Britain can come in and out freely. <span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  The EU benefits Great Britain because it was one of the original countries to join and is a big contributor. <span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Great Britain has 3.5 million jobs dependent on the EU so they are making a lot of money. <span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  It also provides similar laws for other countries in the European Union. <span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   The EU benefits from Great Britain because Great Britain’s population is growing. <span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  By Britain taking charge sometimes and helping the other countries in need of help. <span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  The EU benefits from Great Britain because they were one of the original members to agree to the Maastrichts treaty.

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