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The European Union since 1945 (Routledge, 2014). Chaban, N. and M. Holland, eds. Communicating Europe in Times of Crisis: External Perceptions of the European Union (2014). Dedman, Martin. The origins and development of the European Union 1945-1995: a history of European integration (Routledge, 2006). De Vries, Catherine E. "Don't Mention the War!
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The union has a total area of 4,233,255 km 2 (1,634,469 sq mi) and an estimated total population of over 449 million.
The following timeline outlines the legal inception of the European Union (EU)—the principal framework for this unification. The EU inherited many of its present responsibilities from the European Communities (EC), which were founded in the 1950s in the spirit of the Schuman Declaration.
In March 2007, YouTube launched the YouTube Awards, an annual competition in which users voted on the best user-generated videos of the year. [44] The awards were presented twice, in 2007 and 2008. Video contests with prizes existed as early as December 2005, possibly earlier.
Over 50% of the world's borders today were drawn as a result of British and French imperialism. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] An unambiguous measure is the date of national constitutions ; but as constitutions are an almost entirely modern concept, all formation dates by that criterion are modern or early modern (the oldest extant constitution being that ...
America Online CEO Stephen M. Case, left, and Time Warner CEO Gerald M. Levin listen to senators' opening statements during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the merger of the two ...
European Union will transfer to Poland this year a first 5 billion euros ($5.5 bln) of financial aid that was until now mostly frozen over democratic backsliding, the bloc's chief executive and ...
With about 445 million citizens, the EU generates an estimated 30% share (US$18.4 trillion in 2008) of the nominal gross world product. [6] The EU has seven principal decision-making bodies known as the Institutions of the European Union, while the adoption of laws and coordination of EU policies is the role of the Council of the European Union ...