5 top aims of EU Your EU rights! Recap quiz

Quiz time How much do you remember from last week? What does the letters EU stand for? How many countries belong to the EU? When did it first start? Date/month/year. Which city is the largest in the EU? What is the name given to the big vote that is going to happen? R_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ m What date will people vote? What will they have to decide? EU = European Union 28 countries belong to the EU 1ST November 1993 London is the largest city The Referendum 23rd June 2016 Whether the UK remains or leaves the EU.

What does the EU do?

http://europa.eu/kids-corner/index_en.htm

The 5 top aims of the EU Help people earn enough money. Work as a group to be listened by other countries Introduce European citizenship (Any one who is a citizen of Europe gets 4 special rights Help Europeans to live in safety, without the threat of war. Make laws that protecct peoples rights in the member countries.

Your EU rights Anyone from a country that belongs in the EU is a citizen of the EU and gets these 4 special rights.

Freedom to move between countries of the EU and to live in any nation in the union. The right to vote and stand in local government and European parliament elections in the country you live in. If you are travelling outside the EU, and your own country does not have an embassy, you can go to the embassy of any other EU country. The right to put your side of the story to the European Ombudsman if you think the EU has not acted fairly.

Brexit A shorthand way of saying the UK leaving the EU Brexit A shorthand way of saying the UK leaving the EU. It merges the two words Britain and Exit. Next week we will look at reasons being given for Britain leaving the EU. For Britain staying in the EU On June 21st you will have a chance to cast a vote and decide.

European anthem Ode to Joy (Beethoven’s 9th Symphony) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo_-KoBiBG0