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Great art, architecture,
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philosophy, music, and

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inventions are part of
Europes history.

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But not everything


has been great.
World War I and
World War 2
started in
World War 1
Europe. deaths: 14 million
cost: $337,000,000,000
($337 billion)

World War 2
deaths: 52 million
cost:
$1,500,000,000,000
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Countries used
steel to build
weapons, and coal
powered their
factories to build
those weapons.
So after World War
2, former enemies
joined together to
use coal and steel
for peaceful work.
The European Coal and Steel
Community was formed. The goal
was "make war not only
unthinkable but materially
impossible."
The name European Union was
not used until 1993. But this was
the infant version of the E.U.

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The six countries that formed the
organization ended tariffs on
coal and steel
traded between
each other.

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Other European countries saw
the Coal and Steel Community
benefts, and they wanted to
join. By 1981, there were 10
members.

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And still more countries kept joining.

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The 1993 name change to
European Union showed how the
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countries did not just want to cut

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tariffs.
They had other shared problems,
such as:
the environment
education
rights of refugees
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After the collapse of communism
in the Soviet Union, lots of eastern
Europe countries were fnally free.
Many joined the EU.

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The EU now has 28 member
countries. The newest
member, Croatia, joined in
2013.

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Right now, 5 more countries want
to join. (They are called candidate
countries.) BUT

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You cant just say, Hey, Im
in!
The other EU
countries have
rules to decide
whether or not
to let you even
get to apply.
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To apply, a country must prove it:
1.has stable democracy
2.is ruled by laws
3. protects human rights
4.has an economy based on
competition (not like communist
economies, which are run by
government)
5. is willing to pay taxes to EU
Turkey has wanted in since
1987. And theyre still waiting.

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Arguments against Turkey
joining the EU:
97% of Turkeys land in
actually in Asia not Europe.
Turkeys
democracy is
rather weak.
For example, they
They do not often do not protect
always protect minority rights.
womens rights.
They have a bad
habit of throwing
news reporters in
jail if they dont
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Culturally, they are different
from other European countries.
They are more Middle Eastern
and most of the people are
Muslims.
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In 2002, the EU started using a
single kind of currency: the
Euro.

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Each coin has an EU side and a
nation side.

2 Euro coin

Germany France Ireland

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UK and Denmark are the only
countries that didnt replace their
money with the Euro.

But any new EU member


has to accept the Euro.
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Some benefits for EU members:
Free Trade: There are no tariffs
on imports and exports between
EU countries.
Laws about business and trade are
the same for all EU countries,
making trade
easier.
Businesses are
making more
money!
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EU citizens can travel and
work in ANY country in the EU.
No special permission or
paperwork is required.
So they
can skip
the long
lines in
Customs
.
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EU college students can
easily apply to colleges in ANY
country in the EU.

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EU currency the Euro is
accepted in every EU country
except Denmark and the
United
So theres Kingdom (UK).
no need
to change
money
between
countries.
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Environment: If an EU country pollutes
the air, water, or land of another EU
country, or seriously pollutes their own
country, the EU Court of Justice can
put them on
trial.
Right now, the
Court is
forcing Spain
to clean up 61
illegal landflls.
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Fighting crime: In most
countries if they want to arrest a
criminal who has fled to another
country, its very hard! The other
country does not have to
cooperate.
But in the EU,
criminals can
be easily
arrested in
even if they
flee to a
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So the EU is perfect, right?
Well. . . .

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