... introduce European citizenship. They don't want to replace national citizenship, but complements it and confer a number of civil and politic rights to European citizens. A fourth objective is to develop an area of freedom, security and justice. This is done by linking there self to the operation of the internal market and more particularly the freedom of movement of persons. The last ... citizens concerning misadministration at European level, the European Investment Bank which is the EU financial institution and the European Central Bank who is responsible for monetary policy in the eu...

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... January 1. In May, a second Danish referendum ratifies the Maastricht Treaty, which takes effect in November. 1994 The EU and the 7-member European Free Trade Association (EFTA) form the European Economic Area, a single market of 19 countries. The EU completes membership negotiations with EFTA members Austria, Finland, Norway and Sweden. 1995 Austria, Finland and Sweden join the Union on January 1. Norway fails ... advantages accorded to adjacent countries with the purpose of facilitate frontier traffic. Neither are they applicable to the advantages granted with the aim of creating a cu...

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... much jubilation because unlike the other treaties, it was an "open treaty" which meant that it was not directed against any particular state but rather an unknown aggressor within a defined area. The Treaties of Guarantee signed by the Americans and the British were aborted - President Wilson and Lloyd George induced Clemenceau to drop the demand for permanent occupation of the Rhineland ... ...

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... of the divergent views MERCOSUR's members have on the proper exchange rate regime. The idea thus remains preliminary and vague. Also, there is a plan to establish the FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas) founded on the functioning of NAFTA and comprising 34 other nations. The FTAA would eliminate trade and investment barriers on virtually all goods and services trades by ... ...

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... an external factor which heavily influences peace and stability in Europe. It is unconceivable how the largest financial donor to the region fails to play an influential role in the area unlike the US which continues to be the playmaker in the Middle East. Over the years, the EU has never gone beyond the issuing of press releases regarding this situation ... ...

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... punishments, cracking down on crime, and serving criminals their punishments with indifference. Economic integration is an issue which the OAS has made significant improvements in. In 2005, the Free Trade Area of the Americas will be established, and free trade will ensue amongst member states of the OAS. The organization is also working on strengthening the Inter-American Foreign Trade Information ... ...

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... most spectacular achievement yet - replacing its national currencies with a single European currency, the euro. On 1 January 2002, euro notes and coins came into circulation in 12 EU countries (the euro area'). The euro is now a major world currency, having a similar status to the US dollar. The Future for the UK economy? The UK is not currently a member of this Euro-Zone ... ...

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... for investment and trade. However, the enlargement facing the EU today poses a unique challenge, since it is without precedent in terms of scope and diversity: the number of candidates, the area (increase of 34%) and population (increase of 105 million), the wealth of different histories and cultures. In my mind, the extension of the EU zone of peace, stability and prosperity ... ...

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... Ministers as well as the European Parliament. The Treaty of Maastricht (1992) introduced new forms of co-operation between the member state governments - for example on defence, and in the area of "justice and home affairs". By adding this inter-governmental co-operation to the existing "Community" system, the Maastricht Treaty created the European Union (EU). It took some time for ... ...

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... the integration of other member states, like Spain for instance, who was mainly accepted into the union because of its agricultural benefits, since its "ascension would increase the EC's agricultural area by 30 percent and its farm workforce by 25 percent" (Dinan 106), more attention was going to be given to the political aspects of the European Union. Nonetheless, the economic ... ...

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... the Council and the extension of qualified-majority voting related to the co-decision procedure, which I will look at later in my report (despite significant progress made in the last area). It was therefore clear from the start that the priority of the new Intergovernmental Conference (IGC), launched on 14 February 2000, would be to deal with the issue of the ... ...

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