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	Biographies - The history of the European Union and European Citizenship
		As a Socialist candidate, he was elected to the European Parliament in 1979 and appointed chairman of the Monetary Affairs Committee.
		However, it marked the entrance of the European Parliament onto the European scene as a new political actor in the process of democratising the Community's institutions.
		In 1965, a proposition of Hallstein, supported by the European Parliament, on the founding of own funds of the Community was also vetoed by the French president.
	www.historiasiglo20.org /europe/biografias.htm (3428 words)

	History of The European Union Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ StardustMemories.com
		Most of these elements have been enshirined over the last decade by legislation of the European Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament, as well as by the jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights.
		Originally they shared the Court of Justice and Parliament in common, having separate Councils and Commissions (called the High Authority in the case of the ECSC); but the Merger Treaty of July 1967 merged their Councils and Commissions into a single Council and Commission.
		On the side of the European Union it was partly motivated by a desire to reunite Europe after the end of the Cold War, and an effort to tie Eastern Europe firmly to the West in order to prevent it falling again into communism or dictatorship.
	www.stardustmemories.com /encyclopedia/History_of_the_European_Union (4279 words)

	Charter of Fundamental Rights: Home Page
		The European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights sets out in a single text, for the first time in the European Union's history, the whole range of civil, political, economic and social rights of European citizens and all persons resident in the EU.
		This Charter is the end-result of a special procedure, which is without precedent in the history of the European Union and may be summarised as follows:
		Mrs Nicole Fontaine, President of the European Parliament
	www.europarl.eu.int /charter/default_en.htm (595 words)

	EUROPA - The EU at a glance - The History of the European Union
		Originally, the members of the European Parliament were chosen by the national parliaments but in 1979 the first direct elections were held, allowing the citizens of the member states to vote for the candidate of their choice.
		EUROPA - The EU at a glance - The History of the European Union
		From this point on, there was a single Commission and a single Council of Ministers as well as the European Parliament.
	europa.eu.int /abc/history/index_en.htm (595 words)

	BUBL LINK: European union
		Aims to encourage research into the history of the European Communities, to promote public interest in the development of European integration and to ensure greater transparency in the functioning of the European institutions.
		European Union Web server, with information on the Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, and other bodies of the European Union.
		Multilingual web service of the European Parliament including a subject index, press service and parliamentary dossiers and procedures.
	www.bubl.ac.uk /link/e/europeanunion.htm (1021 words)

	Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain
		Members of the Scottish Parliament, and the Welsh National Assembly, listed by constituency/region, including election results and, where known, the email address and website address for each MP revolts.co.uk a source for academic analysis of backbench behaviour in Britain
		Encyclopaedia of British History: Parliamentary legislation passed by Parliament between 1700 and 1930.
		Encyclopaedia of British History: 1700-1930: Prime Ministers 1750-1930, Members of Parliament: 1750-1850 and 1850-1950
	www.psr.keele.ac.uk /area/uk.htm (1021 words)

	Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain
		Members of the Scottish Parliament, and the Welsh National Assembly, listed by constituency/region, including election results and, where known, the email address and website address for each MP revolts.co.uk a source for academic analysis of backbench behaviour in Britain
		Encyclopaedia of British History: Parliamentary legislation passed by Parliament between 1700 and 1930.
		Encyclopaedia of British History: 1700-1930: Prime Ministers 1750-1930, Members of Parliament: 1750-1850 and 1850-1950
	www.psr.keele.ac.uk /area/uk.htm (1021 words)

	Europe Constitution Blog - News and Thoughts on the European Constitution
		Germany’s parliament is set to approve the constitution for the European Union on Thursday with the backing of both ruling and opposition parties.
		The lower house of the Austrian parliament voted to ratify the European Union constitution treaty, with the only ‘no’ vote cast by a far rightist whose party had unsuccessfully demanded a referendum on the measure.
		European cultural icons, from pop singers to philosophers, turned a conference in Paris this week into a love-fest for the proposed EU constitution, as the French President made a second appearance on television to urge a "yes" vote.
	www.europe-constitution.com /index.php?m=200505 (1021 words)

	History of the European Union quiz -- free game
		With the establishment of the EEC and Euratom, besides the European board of Ministers, Parliament and Court, one other body was invented.
		The six countries mentioned in the previous question refined their co-operation by establishing several supranational bodies: the Council (or Board) of Ministers, the European Parliament and the European Court.
		In 1951, six countries (France, Western Germany, and the three Benelux countries) signed an economic treaty which is now considered to be the basis of the present European Union.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=47923&origin= (648 words)

	European Parliament
		The first direct elections to the European Parliament were held in June 1979 when, 34 years after the end of Second World War, for the first time in history, the peoples of the nations of Europe, once torn apart by war, went to the polls to elect the members of a single parliament.
		The European Parliament, which derives its legitimacy from direct universal suffrage and is elected every five years, has steadily acquired greater influence and power through a series of treaties.
		Some 375 million European citizens in 15 countries are now involved in the process of European integration through their 626 representatives in the European Parliament.
	www.gm-unccd.org /field/Multi/EU/OP_Par.htm (616 words)

	EUROPA - The EU at a glance - The History of the European Union
		Originally, the members of the European Parliament were chosen by the national parliaments but in 1979 the first direct elections were held, allowing the citizens of the member states to vote for the candidate of their choice.
		A number of European leaders became convinced that the only way to secure a lasting peace between their countries was to unite them economically and politically.
		Economic and political integration between the member states of the European Union means that these countries have to take joint decisions on many matters.
	europa.eu.int /abc/history/index_en.htm (879 words)

	European Youth Parliament Greece
		In the Spring of 1997, Thessaloniki hosted the 24th International Session of the European Youth Parliament, with the participation of about 300 students from 25 European coutries.
		This event is a great honor for Greece and ecspecially for Thessaloniki which hosts a Session of the European Youth Parliament for the second time.
		History - Information for the European Youth Parliament
	www.hri.org /culture97/gr/koinoboylio_newn/english.htm (212 words)

	Model EU
		The Model European Union, or Eurosim, is a simulation of the governing process of the European Union.
		Students who have taken a class on European history or politics or are enrolled in Professor Jones' Politics of European Integration class (GP228) are invited to participate in this exciting and interesting simulation.
		We simulated the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) that commenced in October to discuss the draft of the new EU constitution.
	www2.widener.edu /~rrjones/ModelEU.html (212 words)

	Graham Watson MEP
		The ALDE Group is the largest third force ever in the 25 year history of the European Parliament.
		Members of the European Parliament have today defined their priorities for EU regional funding until 2013 and rejected any attempt by EU leaders to cut proposed funding levels in order to reach a compromise on the stalled EU budget talks.
		The European Parliament rejected the Council Common Position on Computer Implemented Inventions today by a massive majority of 648 to 14 with 18 abstentions.
	www.grahamwatsonmep.org (212 words)

	European Institutions - useful links
		European NAvigator (ENA), multimedia documents dedicated to the history and Institutions of a united Europe
		Committee of the Regions of the European Union:
		Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union:
	www.europarl.eu.int /addresses/institutions/websites.htm (70 words)

	European Parliament Elections 2004 : Results
		EurActiv, 7 June 2004) and resulted in the lowest turnout in the history of the European elections, suggesting an increasing distance between the EU institutions and the citizens.
		Prior the first plenary meeting of the European Parliament on 20 July, negotiations will be ongoing to decide on the make-up of the political groups in the newly elected Parliament.
		155 million people out of the EU's 350 eligible voters elected 732 MEPs in the European Elections held on 10-13 June 2004, giving a participation figure of 45.5 per cent for the EU as a whole.
	www.euprayer.com /EP%20Elections%202004.htm (70 words)

	A New System for Electing the European Parliament
		In the European Parliament, each member state has a number of seats, and it is basically up to that state how its members should be elected (but to the best of my knowledge, currently all states use some kind of proportional representation).
		Here, the Greens/EFA won 41 constituency seats, but according to their shares of the votes, they should only have received 40 seats altogether (the main culprit seems to be the low turnout in the UK).
		How the constituency seats are distributed within each country is not important in this context (but it is quite possible that a state might want not to take area and history into account, e.g., the UK might want to place more seats in Scotland than the population figures would suggest.
	www.twid.bibulus.org /euelectionsystem.html (70 words)

	Politics
		Junior Parliament is designed to introduce primary pupils to some of the history, traditions and structure of Parliament.
		European Unity : David Howell (Lord Howell of Guildford) is a former Secretary of State for Energy and for Transport in the UK Government and an economist and journalist.
		Pioneers of European Unity : It has been argued that the inevitable war against Iraq will not only be about oil but America's increasing influence over a Europe which has become a dangerous rival in political and economic matters.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /REVpolitics.htm (70 words)

	Anthony Stokes community profile 1
		Although Village includes the neighbourhood of 'Old Dagenham' with its history of habitation since the 7th Century ; and Cambell has evidence of artefacts more than 4000 years old, the greater part has been farmland until 1920s.
		The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham was formed in 1965 and includes all of these wards within its boundaries.
		By 1938 more than 25,700 dwellings housing over 115,600 persons had been built on the estate, which also extends north to much of ' Locality 6 '.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /anthony.stokes/nov1.htm (70 words)

	The History of Sandford Park
		She has also been involved in several EU education projects as well as representing Ireland on the International Board of the Model European Parliament.
		She has been involved in debating through the Model United Nations and Model European Parliament.
		Byrne has participated in a range of team and individual sports and considers participation in sport a crucial component in the development of a young person.
	www.sandfordparkschool.ie /headmaster (70 words)

	EUROPA - The EU at a glance - The History of the European Union - 2003
		A European Council is held in Brussels, Belgium.The summit focused on three issues: the follow-up to the Thessaloniki Council on asylum and immigration; economic policy from the point of view of the Growth Initiative; and external relations.
		Meeting of the European Union Ministers of Foreign Affairs on the IGC is held in Brussels, Belgium.
		A vote is held in the European Parliament.
	www.europa.eu.int /abc/history/2003/index_en.htm (784 words)

	WISE NC Agenda 2000: SHORT HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
		The current Commission (1995-2000) consists of 20 commissioners, including the president, who are appointed by common agreement among the member-states and approved as a body by the European Parliament.
		The US idea for a European nuclear union was taken over and became part of the 1956 Spaak report (named after a Belgian politician) for the creation of a common European economic market and a separate nuclear common market: the Treaties of Rome.
		The European Commission (EC) proposes policies and is the only one allowed to take initiative leading to legislation (except in the fields of common foreign and security policies and justice and home affairs, where national governments are also allowed to take initiative).
	www.antenna.nl /wise/493-4/eu.html (1846 words)

	Open Directory - Society: History: By Region: Europe: European Union
		European Parliament UK Office - History of the EU- Short overview, with links to other resources, plus a guide to the division of institutions between the three cities of Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg.
		History of European Integration and Citizenship- Short guides to events in EU integration and the developments of the concept of EU citizenship.
		European NAvigator (ENA) : Plotting the course of a united Europe- Provides a variety of multimedia documents about the history and institutions of a united Europe: includes photos, facsimiles, cartoons, sound and film clips, interviews, interactive maps and diagrams.
	dmoz.org /Society/History/By_Region/Europe/European_Union (254 words)

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office A Brief History of the European Union
		Foreign & Commonwealth Office A Brief History of the European Union
		In this year the first European passports were introduced and the European flag was raised to the tune of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, the European anthem.
		The Single European Act also came into force to remove artificial trade barriers between states so that goods, capital, services and people could move, live and work freely and without restriction in any of the Member countries.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029391701 (649 words)

	European Union 7 Days History
		Up until 1979, MEPs were members of the national parliaments delegated to represent the latter at Strasbourg.
		The Community pillar is run according to the traditional institutional procedures and governs the operations of the Commission, Parliament, the Council and the Court of Justice; basically, it involves managing the internal market and the common policies.
		The European Union is open to any European country which wants to join it and is prepared to take on all the commitments made in the founding treaties and to subscribe to the same fundamental objectives.
	www.towson.edu /polsci/ppp/sp97/eu/7DHIST~1.HTM (2246 words)

	WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources--European Union
		Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, and other bodies of the European Union.
		European Anti-Poverty Network-- "An independent coalition of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and groups involved in the fight against poverty and social exclusion in the Member States of the European Union," supported by the European Commission.
		European Union Legal Research-- From the Harvard Law School Library, a thorough guide to research on all aspects of EU law, through all the relevant media.
	www.etown.edu /vl/eurunion.html (2164 words)

	QUIZ ON EU HISTORY - Virtual School
		The right to vote and stand in local government and European Parliament elections in the country of residence.
		It was established in the Single European Act and its funding is going to be dramatically increased when the upcoming enlargement of EU to Central and Eastern European countries was accomplished.
		What began as a club of six rich West European countries, joined by the horrors of a just finished war, is due soon to number 25, up to—indeed, with the Baltic States, into—the edges of the former Soviet Union.
	www.eun.org /eun.org2/eun/en/vs-civics/content.cfm?lang=en&ov=22210 (884 words)

	EC Commissioner dismayed at predicted low turnout for European Parliament elections - 11-06-2004 - Radio Prague
		During the week of the Czech Republic's first ever elections to the European Parliament, Mr Verheugen who is now Commissioner for the European Neighbourhood Policy was in Prague to give a speech on the challenges and opportunities that confronted the new enlarged EU.
		As a scholar in literature and cultural studies, he says that for much of European history Czech involvement has not been central, but the Czech lands have always managed to absorb and transform outside influences into something that is typically Czech.
		It is obvious that for a majority of European citizens the European institutions are too far away and too remote.
	www.radio.cz /en/article/54889 (884 words)

	Election - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		In order for democratic elections to be fair and competitive, opposition parties and candidates must enjoy the rights to freedom of speech, assembly, and movement as necessary to voice their criticisms of the government openly and to bring alternative policies and candidates to the voters.
		The Democracy Watch (International) website, further defines fair democratic elections as, "Elections in which great care is taken to prevent any explicit or hidden structural bias towards any one candidate, aside from those beneficial biases that naturally result from an electorate that is equally well informed about the various assets and liabilities of each candidate".
		An example of this kind of structural bias was the 2004 re-election of Russian president Vladimir Putin, in which the state controlled media consistently supported his election run, consistently condemned his opponents, provided virtually unlimited free advertising to Putin's campaign, while barring attempts by his opponents to run campaign advertisements.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Election (884 words)

	Women in the election to the European Parliament in 2004 - abc
		The first direct elections to the European Parliament were held in June 1979 when, 34 years after the end of Second World War, for the first time in history, the peoples of the nations of Europe, once torn apart by war, went to the polls to elect the members of a single parliament.
		The European Parliament, which derives its legitimacy from direct universal suffrage and is elected every five years, has steadily acquired greater influence and power through a series of treaties.
		Today the European Parliament, as an equal partner with the Council of Ministers, passes the majority of European laws - laws that affect the lives of Europe's citizens.
	www.oska.org.pl /pe/english/abc/index.html (1103 words)

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