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	European Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The European Union or the EU is an intergovernmental and supranational union of 25 European countries, known as member states.
		Supporters of the European Union argue that the growth of the EU is a force for peace and democracy.
		The European Communities are one of the three pillars of the European Union, being both the most important pillar and the only one to operate primarily through supranational institutions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/European_Union (5223 words)

	Encyclopedia: Enlargement of the European Union
		The European Council, informally called the European summit, is a meeting of the heads of state or government of the European Union, and the President of the European Commission.
		A European Union Directive is the (mutally binding) collective decision made by the member states, acting through their national Government Ministers in the Council of the European Union and the Parliament.
		European integration is the process of political and economic (and in some cases social and cultural) integration of European states into a tighter bloc.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Enlargement-of-the-European-Union (1654 words)

	MSN Encarta - European Union
		The European Union headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
		In 1991 the governments of the 12 member states signed the Treaty on European Union (commonly called the Maastricht Treaty), which was then ratified by the national legislatures of all the member countries.
		Some supporters of European political unity, such as the French statesman Jean Monnet, further believed that if the nations of Europe were to resume a dominant role in world affairs, they had to speak with one voice and command resources comparable to those of the United States.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761579567/European_Union.html (896 words)

	Federal Union \| campaign briefing: democracy and the European constitution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The draft European constitution proposed by the European constitutional convention and currently under discussion in the IGC marks the next stage in the development of the European Union.
		For this reason, the very fact that the European Union is providing the means for the member states to work together to deal with things that they could not do alone is in itself a democratic advance.
		In the case of the European Commission and the national governments, their influence on decision-taking might be exercised either by ministers or by civil servants.
	www.federalunion.org.uk /europe/democracy.shtml (1045 words)

	Women in the EU: Family - Family life in the European Union
		While the European birthrate has generally decreased as levels of female employment have increased, it is not possible to assume causality, i.e., that increased employment has led to a falling birthrate.
		While life expectancy and the death rate may not seem immediately relevant to the theme of women and the family, the fact that women generally live longer than men has a social as well as demographic effect.
		Life expectancy is an average which takes into account, for example, the high mortality among children of both sexes, but especially males, under one year of age.
	www.helsinki.fi /science/xantippa/wee/weetext/wee234.html (2841 words)

	Trade Union Action: Integrating Disabled Persons into Working Life - European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC): Policy ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The ETUC was born of the need for the trade union movement to come together to safeguard the interests of workers across Europe and join in a European project in a zone of peace, economic and social progress and solidarity.
		Although the initial role of trade unions and social partners was purely consultative, to the Economic and Social Council for instance, the Single European Act of 1986, the Treaty of Maastricht of 1991 and the Treaty of Amsterdam of 1996 brought growing ETUC involvement in the European integration process.
		Having defined the role of the European and national trade union movements and their policy regarding disabled persons, the ETUC then turned its attention to the strategy to be adopted to achieve its claims.
	www.logos-net.net /ilo/159_base/publ/gen_23_5.htm (3017 words)

	Spectrezine on Bolkestein Directive - 12th November 2004
		This would be a fatal blow for the European Union which, regardless of declarations on the need for a common legislative framework for all its Member States, would, on the contrary, end up in practical terms with 25 different frameworks.
		Its entry into force would be a fatal blow to the quality of life in the European Union because it would lead to the imposition of an economy based solely on the laws of the market, with the consequent cancellation of public assistance and social rights, which would be subject solely to profit.
		The European Commission has still not produced a study on the real impact of the draft Directive on the working conditions of the interested parties and its repercussions on the economic conditions that would come into play, especially in Member States with more advanced welfare systems and frameworks of rights.
	www.spectrezine.org /europe/Rizzo.htm (1181 words)

	4. what kind of "democratic life in the EU"?
		At the plenary discussion on the so-called "democratic life of the Union", a lot of members spoke in favour of a referendum and of elements of direct democracy in the constitution.
		The citizens of Europe have the right to participate in the legislative activity of the European Union by means of the European Citizens Legislative Initiative and the European Citizens Referendum.
		Constitutional amendments decided on by the relevant organs of the European Union have to be submitted to the citizens of Europe for approval in a referendum.
	www.democracy-international.org /35.html (510 words)

	KOINONIA - European values
		Nat Gerrs at "Why Europe?" (http://www.ellopos.net/politics/eu_why-europe.html) writes that the values of the European Union are "stolen from their source" and because of this they "will be more and more corrupted in the course of time, they will become unrecognisable and then unthinkable, until Europe will collapse in the dust of hypocrisy, scheming and barbarity".
		These are European divisions and aberrations against the natural order that the culture industry now replicates unnaturally, and more fully by presenting a false consciousness of self-satisfied superficiality and conformism to the world, by wilfully ignoring the prohibitions and customs of any cultural group or community.
		Likewise the banality of a jargonised political language is perfectly observable in those countries like the United States of America or Australia where the official culture is one of total administration and maximum mobilisation within the confines of a strictly economical from of discourse that reflects the shallow veneer of their cultures.
	www.ellopos.net /elpenor/koinonia/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=18 (1602 words)

	European Union -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		No year in the life of the European Union (EU) would be complete without a combination of grand visions and short-term crises.
		The drive to achieve economic and monetary union by 1999 and preparations for the enlargement of the European Union during the coming decade dominated the EU's political agenda during 1996.
		The debate about economic and monetary union (EMU) and the introduction of a single European currency were overshadowed for much of the year by the effects of recession and high...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9344028?tocId=9344028 (918 words)

	Mesothelioma - Death (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism; "the animal died a painful death".
		Death as a state is the opposite of life; death as an event is the opposite of birth.
		The event of death is the termination of life in a living system, or in part thereof, while the state is that which follows.
	mesothelioma.me.uk /Death+Mesothelioma.html (1646 words)

	East European Constitutional Review
		The contradictory signals from Brussels and the EU governments, as well as the European Commission’s decision in late 1999 to extend negotiations beyond the five leading candidate countries to all ten Central and Eastern European applicants, have caused great disappointment in Hungary.
		During the summer, Prime Minister Viktor Orban (Federation of Young Democrats–Hungarian Civic Party) stated that "there is life outside the European Union." His provocative statement—later echoed by his Finance Minister Zsigmond Jarai as well—stirred controversy in EU circles and was strongly criticized by the Hungarian opposition.
		Zsofia Szilagyi is a Ph.D. candidate at the European University Institute in Florence.
	www.law.nyu.edu /eecr/vol9num4/features/EUarticle4.html (2632 words)

	World Summit on Sustainable Development - press conference on European Union 'water for life' initiative - 3 September ...
		A major "Water for Life" initiative was announced by the European Union at the Johannesburg Summit on Sustainable Development this morning.
		Presenting the initiative to journalists at a press conference were Prime Minister of Denmark and President of the European Union, Andreas Fogh Rasmussen, and President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi.
		The Union's Water for Life Initiative was an example of concrete action in implementation of the Summit decisions.
	www.un.org /events/wssd/pressconf/020903conf1.htm (722 words)

	European Union
		These proposals were examined by the EU Council of Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs on 20 September 2001 and the extraordinary European Council meeting on 21 September 2001.Here are the Council conclusions, placed in the perspective of developing the European Union into a single area of freedom, security and justice.
		This website is managed by the European Commission and will be regularly updated in conjunction with the Member States of the European Union.
		The General Report on the Activities of the European Union is presented annually to the European Parliament and provides a general picture of Community activities over the past year.
	www.libr.port.ac.uk /ROADS/subject-listing/reference/european_union.html (1635 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- European Union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The evolution of the European Union (EU) from a regional economic agreement among six neighboring states in 1951 to today's supranational organization of 25 countries across the European continent stands as an unprecedented phenomenon in the annals of history.
		Members of the European Parliament were initially selected by national parliaments, but in 1979 the first direct elections were undertaken and they have been held every five years since.
		Domestically, the European Union attempts to lower trade barriers, adopt a common currency, and move toward convergence of living standards.
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/ee.html (2010 words)

	EUROPA - Environment - LIFE- Funding - Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The call for proposals as published on this website was the last call under the current LIFE III programme, which finishes at the end of 2006.
		The deadlines for the submission of proposals for LIFE-Nature, LIFE Environment Demonstration and Preparatory Actions and LIFE-Third Countries projects under the LIFE selection round 2005-2006 have expired.
		The new financial support programme for environmental policy, LIFE+, which was proposed by the Commission in September 2004 and is currently being discussed by the Council and European Parliament, may provide future opportunities for funding.
	europa.eu.int /comm/environment/life/funding (155 words)

	Balanced Participation of Women and Men in Family and Working Life - European Union - Equal Employment Opportunities
		With regards to this Resolution, it attests that "the objective of balanced participation of men and women in family and working life, as well as the balanced participation of men and women in the decision-making process" are two pre-conditions for equality between men and women.
		It considers it the responsibility of society, Member States and the European Community to promote the need for reconciling family and working life as a right for men and women and as a means of personal fulfilment in public, social, family and private life.
		The Resolution requires that the institutions and bodies of the European Community integrate the balanced recruitment and career advancement of men and women into their employment structures, with a view to overcoming the horizontal and vertical segregation of the labour market, and evaluate and publish the results of these initiatives.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/employment/gems/eeo/eu/re_bala.htm (773 words)

	European Union Internet Resources
		The Court of Justice of the European Communities ensures that EU legislation is interpreted and applied consistently across EU countries.
		Mostly dormant European defense and security organization established by the Brussels treaty of 1948 and composed of states who are members of both NATO and the EU.
		Includes the Official Journal of the European Union, regulations, decisions, directives, treaties, consolidated versions of legislation, and judgments by the EU Court of Justice.
	www.lib.berkeley.edu /doemoff/govinfo/intl/gov_eu.html (1707 words)

	EUROPA - Environment - LIFE- Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		LIFE, the Financial Instrument for the Environment, introduced in 1992, is one of the spearheads of the European Union's environmental policy.
		LIFE is open to all EU countries, some candidate countries (currently Romania) and some third countries bordering the Mediterranean and the Baltic Sea.
		Key LIFE contacts at all levels, European institutions, Member States, candidate countries, external teams, Mediterranean and Baltic Sea countries, etc.
	europa.eu.int /comm/environment/life/home.htm (328 words)

	Webquest - Jean Monnet's Life and European History
		The European integration process is usually taught in schools in isolation, which turns this subject into quite a juridical and uninteresting lesson in the History Curriculum.
		Jean Monnet was undoubtedly one of the main founders of the European Union.
		The EEC, antecedent of the current European Union, was born in a historical context, the Cold War, in which Jean Monnet had to intervene.
	www.historiasiglo20.org /pioneers/webquest.htm (1059 words)

	Conservatives in the European Parliament - News Story - Kirkhope: Democracy in the European Union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In paragraph one, I would like the guarantee that "the Union's institutions shall conduct their work as openly as possible" to be strengthened.
		My suggestions is that they "shall conduct their work openly, unless there are compelling reasons for the matter to be debated 'in camera'." This amendment would, I believe, strengthen the guarantee with which we all should agree.
		My final appeal is for the use of referenda to enhance the democratic legitimacy of the Union.
	www.conservatives.com /meps/story.cfm?obj_id=59599&speeches=1 (320 words)

	Information Sources: Western Europe & The European Union
		Contains all the legislative acts and regulations whose publication is obligatory under the Treaties establishing the European Communities, as well as a large number of acts that do not carry a statutory obligation to publish.
		European Union Relations with the United States: quick and easy access to the New Transatlantic Agenda, the Joint EU-U.S. Action Plan...
		The Centre for European Reform is a think-tank devoted to improving the quality of the debate on the future of the European Union.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/lweb/indiv/lehman/guides/westoid.html (2376 words)

	Institutions of the EU - EUbusiness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Institutions of the EU The Institutions of the European Union
		2006-02-03 09:57:58 Finland is determined to resolve the problem of a new constitution for the European Union when it holds the six-month presidency of the bloc from July, head of state Tarja Halonen said Friday.
		European leaders debate the future of the EU
	www.eubusiness.com /topics/Institutions/index_html?b_start:int=0 (860 words)

	European Union may lift ban on South American fish meal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Francois Loos, has shown himself to be receptive to the request by Peru and Chile that the European Union end its ban on the use of fish meal for use in animal foods.
		Eduardo Iriarte, says that the French minister showed his willingness to consider the request, given that the ban was imposed two years ago in reaction to the mad cow disease crisis.
		The European Commission will review this issue in the next few months and take into account the qualification by the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) of the UN of fish meal as not being a vector of transmission for the disease.
	www.eurocbc.org /page922.html (203 words)

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