United we stand, divided we fall.After being bombed in various parts, ruined economically, politically, and culturally, and shocked after World War 2, Europe decided to make a union/ supranational organization named the EEC (later known as EU(European Union)) consisting of 28 nations.If you are a citizen in one of these territories, then you have some exclusive rights: you can work, travel, retire, study, etc. in any of these 28 nations, plus all of these countries have the same currency, the euro, so you do not have to switch currencies every time you travel.However, some countries such as Norway did not join, because of the fear of losing their sovereignty or control of own affairs and not give up their unique cultures of cuisine , …show more content…
But still, does joining the EU higher each individual country's GDP per capita? Yes. According to Document B, most country's GDP per capita increased by joining the EU with the one exception of Greece, a country that would have done better if there had been no Union(Document B). Since the 18th century, Poland has had a tragic and rocky past of being invaded, battled, divided, and occupied by either Germany or Russia. It was forced to adapt communism, something they struggled against.But now, Poland has the sixth largest economy, and living standards almost doubled. Currently, it is growing in the fastest speed in Europe(Document C). How is this possible?Because of the Union and its well developed bond with Germany .Germany gives Poland money, where they make the goods, and Germany is able sell it for competitive prices.This is convenient for both countries because of its proximity. It may crumble later if the Polish demand higher salaries or if Germany finds another place to manufacture the goods, but in the present situation, though it is working fine(Document C).Right now joining the EU makes the country’s economy more …show more content…
The EU has gotten that prize for its six decade struggle for peace, reconciliation, and most importantly human rights and democracy(Document D). Another sample is making France and Germany allies, which many people thought was preposterous for in a 70 year period of battle, both the countries clashed in war more than 3 times. Now, however war between France and Germany is unimaginable(Document D). But even now a few countries are going against the Union by rejecting Muslim refugees, which is against EU policy and law. The EU is trying to form a resolution to this conflict in Western Europe. From this evidence you can conclude that joining the EU gives the country both peace and
The European Union has been helped economically ever since World War II. Right after World War II’s end, Europe was struggling to hold on. The countries of the modern-day European Union thought it would be a good idea to come together and help each others struggling economy. To this day, this decision has had a very positive outcome on the EU’s economy. As shown in Diagram 1, the European Union combined together has the world’s highest GDP at 18.3 Trillion USD as compared to the United States’ 17.4 Trillion USD GDP and China’s 10.4 Trillion USD GDP. The idea
During the 19th century, America had an expanding idea of Manifest Destiny, where they would claim land all the way to the east coast. While the government and the citizens were focused on exploring new land, they were able to acquire much of the new land, introducing new people and ideas. Many of these people and ideas were vastly different than the original in the thirteen colonies, which frustrated many people. When these different people and beliefs collided, many disputes and disagreements were born, which intensified the results of sectionalism, unfortunately leading up the Civil War, having a huge impact on the country.
The summer of 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson finally decided to sign the Civil Rights Act. This bill permitted people of all races and skin tones to be free from segregation. It promised the extension on voting rights, stronger equal employment opportunities, and guaranteed all Americans the right to use public facilities such as schools, restaurants and swimming pools (Politics or Principle 405). Many Americans questioned if the true decision behind President Johnson signing the civil rights act of 1964 was political or principle. I strongly believe Johnson signed it in a principle matter due to seeing different perspectives in living with prejudice, he would do anything to get the bill signed and he was finally free from the South's persuasive bonds.
Working unitedly is a basic thing to do if you have one to 10 people, but with almost a whole country working as a union is a significant and a spontaneous deal. Which Union am I talking about? The European Union, of course! This Union holds virtually all of the European Countries with 28 countries. Unfortunately, some countries never did join because of losing sovereignty.
In conclusion, the European Union has “merged” the countries of Europe. It has developed a common currency called the Euro’s, and a Parliament located in Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. Also, ALL of the countries of the Union are affected when one country is affected. This is important because the continent of Europe had become very weak after the wars and they needed to strengthen, and the European Union keeps the countries of Europe strong and economically fit.
In the mid 18th century many different powers in Europe were trying to spread their influence and gain global power. However, this was not without difficulty. There were many regional issues that these powers needed to overcome such as economic complications, struggles with native and conquered peoples, and competing with other European powers.
Some reason some countries might want to join the EU are for trade acts, since that can easily increase the economy of the country and other things such as peace treaties so the country doesn't have to live in fear of being taken over easily by its enemies.
Throughout the years, European history had undergone hurdle after hurdle with the devastating world wars and the advent of the Cold War. From 1946-1989 many different views had begun to emerge and were held over whether or not the European states should be unified. Once again the continent had become divided, with war separating Europe into opposing alliances and turned nations against others. Conflicting arguments soon arose on how to address the state of Europe and whether it should be kept divided or reunified once more. Some believed a unified Europe would bolster its strength, some were more doubtful and undecided, while others declared themselves to be completely opposed to the very notion of unification.
One of the ends that is used in speech is “Peaceful and Secure Europe”. This is a very ambitious end and you have to allocate a lot of both ways and means to accomplish that. On the other hand you can always argue about what peaceful and secure means. In this case however I have to relate it to the current
Citizens had a very significant job to fill, so diligent workers should have been participants. Athens was smart, but Rome had a slightly different approach. Around 500 BCE, two strong states created forms of citizenship. While Athens had no care whether a citizen was an elite or not, Rome focused on class and physique, all prime values. Citizenship will always be an important way to show status, and both Athens and Rome showed strong points. Athens had a better system of citizenship because all classes above slaves could become citizens, ostracism got rid of a potential over-thrower, and everything was decided by-lot.
The European Union (EU), since the initial foundation in 1952 as the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and throughout periods of development, has been considered one of the most advanced forms of regional integration. It, based on numerous treaties and resolutions, has strived to promote values such as peace, cooperation or democracy, and in 2012 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for having “contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe” (Nobel Media AB, 2012). Despite its struggle for promoting democracy, the EU itself has long experienced scholarly criticisms that it suffers the democratic deficit, from which its democratic legitimacy is undermined by observable problems in political accountability and participation. As the importance of legitimacy in a democratically representative institution is hardly debatable, the criticism of whether and why the EU lacks democracy has been given a considerable gravity in academia.
Greece has emerged as one of the fastest growing economies in the EU since the mid-1990s when it has recorded strong GDP growth, significantly outperforming EU averages. Greece was one of the fastest growing countries in the Eurozone with an annual growth rate of 4.3 % from about 2000 to 2007 compared to Eurozone average of 3.1...
“From time to time it is worth reminding ourselves why twenty-seven European nation states have come together voluntarily to form the partnership that is the European Union.” 1
Mulle, E.D., Wedekind, G., Depoorter, I., Sattich, T., & Maltby, T. 2013. ‘EU Enlargement: Lessons from, and prospects for’. IES Working Paper 3. Pp 8-39.
There are several key components of the European history that have led to the creation of the individual nations within the EU and the larger supranational Institution we call the European Union. As Curtis and Linser (2004) “The European Union is the most important development in European history since World War Two” (Curtis & Linser, 2004, p.4). And I tend to agree that this story line is the most important since it was the starting’s to one of the largest supranational organizations that shaped modern Europe and continues to shape it today. To start the European Union could not have been created without the nations that are part of this supranational organization. Many of the nations that make up the EU have been either long-term super powers, France, United Kingdom or Germany, but also areas plagued with conflict. The conflict is however the more important of the two. The conflict between Germany and the rest of Europe in WW2 was the sparks that created...