European Union (EU)

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European Union (EU). Presenters: Angelo Balane James Sean Patrick Mancenido.

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Definition of European Union. The European Union (EU) is a political and economic collaboration of sovereign countries that represents a unique kind of cooperation and governing common economic, social, and security policies.

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History of European Union. The EU was originally created with the aim of ending the frequent and bloody wars between neighbors, which culminated in the Second World War. The Schuman Declaration, which encouraged the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community, laid the foundation for the European Union as we know it today. The EU was created by the Maastricht Treaty, which entered into force on November 1, 1993..

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Goals and Objectives of European Union. The Treaty of Lisbon set out the aims of the European Union : To promote peace and the well-being of EU citizens To offer EU citizens freedom, security and justice, without internal borders, while also controlling external borders To work towards the sustainable development of Europe, promoting equality and social justice To establish an economic union, with the euro as its currency To contribute to the sustainable development, peace and security of the Earth.

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Accomplishments of European Union. It gave 500 million people the freedom to live, study or work anywhere Freedom of movement is one of the major principles of the EU’s common market it is worth remembering that in the EU today over 500 million people enjoy the right to live, study or work in any of the EU’s 28 member states. Around 14 million EU citizens live in a different country, according to statistics from 2014 ..

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References. https://europarlamentti.info/en/values-and-objectives/objectives/ https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/government_in_ireland/european_government/european_union/european_union.html#:~:text=The%20aims%20and%20values%20of%20the%20EU,-The%20Treaty%20of&text=To%20promote%20peace%20and%20the,promoting%20equality%20and%20social%20justice https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/government_in_ireland/european_government/european_union/european_union.html#:~:text=To%20offer%20EU%20citizens%20freedom,the%20euro%20as%20its%20currency https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/03/6-things-the-eu-has-achieved-60-years-on-from-its-founding-treaty-7609e02c-01bb-4763-8cbf-716d2287a647/.