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EuropeanUnion--AgranddesignofEuropeanPolitical-Economyunion--ContentsBriefintroductionHistoryInstitutionsAimandinfluence3Flag:1986.5.9Headquarter：

Brussels

Formallyestablished：

1November1993Anthem:

OdetoJoy

(歡樂頌）Motto:

Unitedindiversity（求同存異）Currency：EuroMainlanguage:English28

memberstatesAneconomicalandpoliticalunionBriefIntroductionFlagThereare12goldenstarsontheflag,whichisthesymbleofthevirginMary.CurrencyEurobanknotesisdividedinto5,10,20,50,100,200,500euros,altogether7denominations,sizesandcolorsvary.6In1950FrenchForeignMinisterRobertSchumanproposesintegratingthecoalandsteelindustriesofWesternEuropeIn1951TheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity(ECSC)isestablished,withsixmembers:Belgium,WestGermany,Luxembourg,France,ItalyandtheNetherlands.Asupranationalbody,calledtheHighAuthority,iscreatedtomanagethecoalandsteelindustries7ThesixmembersoftheECSCsigntheTreatiesofRome,creatingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity(EEC)andtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity.TheEECmemberstatesaimtoremovetradebarriersbetweenthemandformacommonmarket19571967TheinstitutionsofthethreeEuropeancommunitiesaremerged,creatingasinglecommission,asinglecouncilofministersandaEuropeanparliament81979—ThefirstdirectelectionsfortheEuropeanparliamentareheld,allowingcitizenstovoteforcandidates1993—TheTreatyofMaastrichtcreatestheEuropeanUnion,pavingthewayformonetaryunion.2004—Initslargestexpansion,theEUwelcomes10newcountries,andanewconstitutionissigned.200492005—ThemovetoratifytheconstitutionsufferssetbackswhenFranceandtheNetherlandsrejectthedocument.2007—BulgariaandRomaniajointheEU,expandingtheunionto27memberstates.2011—TheEuropeanUnionwontheNobelPeaceprize.2013.7.1—Croatiabecamethetwenty-eighthEUMemberCountries10AustriaBelgiumBulgariaCroatiaCyprusCzechRepublicDenmarkEstoniaFinland

FranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIreland

ItalyLatviaLithuaniaLuxembourgMaltaNetherlandsPolandPortugal

RomaniaSlovakiaSloveniaSpainSwedenUnitedKingdomTHETOPFIVEINSTITUITIONSEuropeanParliament,(歐洲議會）theEU’sbicamerallegislation,thehouseofc0mmons,theonlydirectlyelectedparliamentarybodies;withthecounciloftheEuropeanunionistheEU’smaindecision-makingbody.What'smore,it'stheEUthreebodies(CounciloftheEuropeanUnion,theEuropeanCommission,theEuropeanParliament).EUlegislation,supervisionandconsultingagenciesEuropeanCommission,(歐洲委員會）thepermanentexecutivebodyoftheEuropeanUnion,theEUonlyentitledtothedraftingofthelawsandinstitutions.TheCounciloftheEuropeanUnion（歐盟理事會）isthecouncilcomposedbygovernmentministersfromtheEUmemberstates,isoneoftheEU’smaindecision-makingbody.Everycountryhasarepresentativeoftheboard.TheEuropeanCourtofJustice（歐洲法院）istheEU’sarbitrationinstitutionsresponsibleforhearanddecidealldisputesarisingintheimplementationoftheTreatyonEuropeanUnionandtherelevantprovisions,15judgesand9prosecutors,appointedjointlybythemembergovernments.CouncilofEurope（歐洲理事會),jointlyattendedbytheheadsofstateorheadsofgovernmentofthe28EUmemberstatesandtheEuropeancommissionpresident.ItdecidestomajorpoliciesoftheEuropeanUnion,especiallythediplomaticaspectsofthedecision-making.15

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