European Union: EXAM
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14 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Council of Ministers | most powerful, "Congress of Europe," every nation is represented, create legislature |
| European commission | the "other congress of Europe," dominated by the big 5 (each get 2 votes, all other nations get 1), representatives discuss and vote on executive and legislative issues |
| European court of justice | members elected from each nation who serve renewable 6 year terms; deals only with EU law and EU legislation |
| European Parliament | weakest, most democratic, half the year in Brussels and Strausburg, known as the third congress of europe |
| 4 key issues of the EU | conflicts and confrontation, immigration, welfare state, enlargement |
| Pim Fortyun | conservative Dutch politician who is gay and was assassinated in 2002 (conservative of Dutch traditions and values, but to the US those ideas are very liberal) |
| Turkey | wants to join EU, but EU doesn't want them |
| Bombings | Madrid- March 2004, London- June 2005 |
| Britain | bridge between EU and USA |
| Brussels | Capital of the EU |
| Iran | EU is "good cop," USA is "bad cop" |
| Maastrict Treaty | created EU in 1992 |
| Euro | introduced in 2002, currency of the EU (except for Britain) |
| Attempts to unite Europe politically | Napoleon (enlightenment), fascism and nazism, capitalism vs. communism |
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