European Union Elections 2014

What is the European Union What is the nature of the EU A consolidation of National States defined in one (supranational) community Common Common Common political population territory institutions Member States Founders Germany, France, Italy, Belgium Netherlands, Luxemburg 1951 Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom 1973 Greece 1981 Portugal, Spain 1986 Austria, Finland, Sweden 1995 Czech republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia 2004 Bulgaria, Romania 2007 Croatia 2013 Why and how does it develop? After the end of World War II the world is in need of peace, stability and growth. At that point Step 1 The idea of United Europe was born European Coal and Steel Community Step 2 EUratom 1957 Step 2 European Comunity atomic European Economic Community EEC 1957 Step 3 The Maastricht Treaty and the establishment of the EU (1992) Since 1992 The founding fathers Konrad Adenauer Winston Churchil Robert Schuman Jean Monnet Functions of the EU Peacekeeping Raising the living standards of the citizens Protection of the environment Common market Cooperation between states Institutions European Commission CONSILIUM PARLAMENTUM EUROPAEUM European parliament European commision Council of the EU RATIONLM CURIA R CVRIA European Court of Auditors European Central Bank Court of Justice of the EU Learn all about the EU's Institutions in our next infographic Next stop... EUROPEAN ELECTIONS 22-25 MAY 2014 Brussels wwW.ELECTIONS2014.EU #EP2014 created by Smart •Graphs www.smartigraphs.com 1951 energy