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subsidiarity
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decisions taken at lowest feasible level
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Javiar Solana
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High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the Secretary-General of both the Council of the European Union (EU) and the Western European Union (WEU)
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Jose Manuel Barroso
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Portuguese politician and the 11th President of the European Commission; former Prime Minister of Portugal
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Single European Act 1986
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first major revision of the Treaty of Rome that formally established the single European market and the European Political Cooperation
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European Community
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three treaty organizations that were consolidated in 1967 to form the European Community; established the first of the three pillars of the eventual EU; ECSC+EEC+Euratom=European Community (EC)
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Euro
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offical currency of the Eurozone; all EU member countries are eligible to apply; managed by the European Central Bank
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European Commission
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executive branch of the European Union. It is a cabinet government of 27 "Commissioners" led by a Commission President; Both policy making and administrative executive
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Council of Ministers
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one of the two legislative institutions of the European Union; composed of 27 national ministers (one per state), the exact minister depending upon the area being addressed
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European Council
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meets twice a year; compose of the heads of state of each member country; no defined power, but meets to set a general direction and a policy agenda
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European Parliament
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732 directly elected deputies organized by political parties; approves Commission,questions Commission; consulted on Commission decisions, approve budget; power to amend, ratify areas of legislation; cannot draft bills
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Maastricht Treaty on European Union
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led to the renaming of the European Community to the EU; Single Currency; European Central Bank; single Monetary System
and further “homogenization;” European citizenship, labor policy, |
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Common Market (EEC)
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set up by the Treaty of Rome; official name European Economic Community (EEC); cut 10% of their tariffs with each other ever year; important in becoming one unified economy
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Treaty of Rome 1957
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created the common market between Italy, France, West Germany, and Benelux; reduced tariffs between the nations
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Eurocrat
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An administrative official at the headquarters of the European Union
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European Court of Justice
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15 judges; nations are bound to abide by its rulings
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Acquis communautaire
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80,000 page compilation of rules and regulations that encompasses all of the EU law accumulated thus far
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European Constitution
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drafting began in 2003 to remedy defects to make EU's institutions more powerful; changes include an elected Council President who served for 4 years and changed in the Qualified majority voting in the European Parliament; one European foreign minister would who speak for the EU on the whole; rejections by France and Netherlands have left the constitution in limbo
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Schengen
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agreement among European states which allows for the abolition of systematic border controls between the participating countries; external border controls and cross-border police cooperation
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Jean Monnet
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since as the co-creator of the Common Market; influenced by working in the United States and seeing how the countries vast resources could be transported across country without tariffs; conceived of the idea of the European Coal and Steel Community
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Robert Schuman
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seen as one of the founders of the EU; pushed strongly for the ECSC which was created by Monnet
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