the european union enlargement
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EU Enlargement
Jérôme Torossian
HistoryI. Treaty of Paris (1952)
- The European Coal & Steel CommunityII. Treaty of Rome (1957)
- The European Economic CommunityIII. Treaty of Maastricht (1992)
- Created the European Union IV. Treaty of Lisbon (2009)
- EU’s Relationships
EU StructureEuropean Commission
European Parliament
European Council
Council of the EU
Court of Justice
Court of Auditors
European Central Bank
EU institutions Location
Brussels, Belgium (Headquarters)
Strasbourg, France
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Frankfurt, Germany
EU Member States
28 countries are members of the EU Croatia AccessesEU – July 1 2013
Candidates for EU
Candidate countries:TurkeyIceland MontenegroMacedonia Serbia
Potential CandidatesAlbania Bosnia and Herzegovina Kosovo
Copenhagen Criteria (1993)
•Stable Institutions
•Democracy
•Rule of Law
•Human Rights
•Respect of Minorities
•Economic
Turkey
Turkey’s background for EU membership
•Turkey is an associate member of the E.E.C since 1963.
•Submitted its application for accession on April 14th 1987.
•Customs Union agreement signed with EU in 1995.
•Recognized as a candidate for EU membership in 1999.
Operation Attila
Economy
The Article 301
Illegal:
•To insult Turkey•The Nation•To insult government institutions
Croatia
Croatian membership
• Applied for membership in 2003 and became a candidate in 2004
• Accession was supposed to begin in 2005 but was complicated by Slovenia
• Finished accession negotiations and signed the treaty of accession in 2011
• 66% of the Croatian population voted in favor of accession in 2012
• Official accession occurred in July 2013
Accession requirements
• Judicial reform• Crackdown on corruption and organized crime• Strengthen the protection of minorities• Improve protection of human rights• Improve relationship with international court• Settle border disagreements• Environmental protection
Benefits of accession
• Croatian citizens will have access to high quality products at a lower cost
• Access to domestic entitlements throughout the union
• Required adherence to environmental laws
Benefits of EU expansion
• Cleaner Environment• Free trade• Enlargement of the internal market• Higher EU economic growth• More diverse labor market• More jobs• Foreign investment and profits
Downside of expansion
• Increased budgetary contributions for members
• Unemployment • Fear of western migration in search of jobs
Potential outcomes of expansion
• Acceding countries make up 8.2% of the countries economic output
• EU enlargement could mean more investment in Germany
• Could also mean job losses due to migration from new members
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