1. European Union
Jan Jurka

2. Basic information
EU is a politico-economic union of countries located in Europe
28 member states
24 official languages
Currency: Euro (some countries have their own currency)
Czech Republic and the UK are members
Capital City: Brussels

3. History
1952 – Treaty of Paris (ECSC – European Coal and Steel Community)
1958 – Treaty of Rome (ECC – European Economic Community)
1967 – Merger Treaty (Unification of ECSC and ECC into EC – European Communities)
1993 – Maastricht Treaty (EU – European Union)

4. Dates of enlargements of EU
1952 – Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Germany
1973 – Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom
1981 – Greece
1986 – Portugal, Spain
1995 – Austria, Finland, Sweden
2004 – Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia
2007 – Bulgaria, Romania
Croatia

5. Map of EU

6. Institutions European Parliament (Strasbourg, Brussels)
European Council (Brussels)
Council of the European Union (Brussels)
European Commission (Brussels, Luxembourg)
Court of Justice of the European Union (Luxembourg)
European Central Bank (Frankfurt)
Court of Auditors (Luxembourg)

7. European Parliament Legislative power
751 members elected by EU citizens every 5 years
Low voter turnout
United Kingdom has 73 seats, Czech Republic has 21 seats

8. EU flag

9. EU Motto Exists in all languages of member states
English: United in diversity
Czech: Jednota v Rozmanitosti
Slovak: Zjednotení v rozmanitosti
German: In Vielfalt geeint
Irish: Aontaithe san éagsúlacht
Hungarian: Egység a sokféleségben
Spanish: Unida en la diversidad

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