A Changing World: A Changing Union
In recent years the European Union has began taking a new shape, positioning itself as a major competitor in the global market. With economies becoming increasingly integrated and globalization creating a new playing field for trade, new strategies have been necessary to grow with and beyond other world markets. Some of these strategies have included monetary unification, decentralization, enlargement, welfare reform, and social convergence. In the following essay I will address of these strategies and convey my thoughts and concerns surrounding them.
MONETARY UNIFICATION AND THE EURO
In my opinion the introduction of the Single European currency has been a tremendous feat for the European Union.
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The same problem exists to an extent with ethno-centralism. Pride in culture and history threaten the potential of ever achieving a united states of Europe. A good example of this is the language problem. Inability to decide on a common language has created vast inefficiency in the EU’s proceedings – costing money and time. The EU’s agenda is still to be the world economic leader by the year 2010. Centralized European governments as they stand make this goal impractical and unreachable. Another reason may be skepticism over the future of the EU. To an extent I feel this is why the UK has shielded itself from extended involvement. I think they are waiting for the EU to become more established before giving up any more independence. For them if the EU does not live up to their standards they can always look to the US and Canada for a possible alliance. This is not so far fetched when you consider their roots are more extended to the overseas English speaking democracies than most of their European counterparts. England is also most interested in the well being of England. That is, they will consider their policy and economy over the interest of anyone else’s, explaining why the European Union is still a risky partner for them. It is my opinion that the decentralization of these governments will have to be a priority before economic superiority may be acquired.
THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE EU AND CANDIDATE STATES
Enlargement of the European Union may be viewed as
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The role of unions and their importance has changed over the years. A mixture of poor wages, high unemployment, non-existent benefits and insignificant professional stability amongst the more youthful era makes a ready demographic for restoration. The younger era is the slightest unionized section of our general public today by a long shot. Unions are important in today’s society because checks and balances are necessary entities in business and government, so if CEOs are just focusing on themselves and profits, unions are a necessary check to all that corporate power. Today and in the future, labor unions will continue to play an important role in our country 's work force and the quality of life for working families.
Unions play an important role in the marketplace by ensuring that employees are treated fairly. Although it originated around the industrial revolution and the reign of “Big Business,” the practice continues to day. Laws have regulated and organized, which resulted in collective bargaining power with the ability to go on strike or engage in negotiations. Although the role has changed over the years, businesses and unions continue to work together to improve the lives of the employees and hopefully inspire businesses to provide superior treatment to avoid conflict.
To experience feelings of delight and bliss individuals must also face difficult times to help them better recognize and appreciate their future happiness. Without experiencing sadness and heartbreak people would be significantly less appreciative of their future lovers and self. To fully feel what love is, you must have experienced loss because without feeling how painful the flip side of situation is there would be no way of feeling anything at all, which would drive everyone to be completely numb. Throughout the following poems “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”, “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun”, “The Flea”, and Thomas Hardy’s “Neutral Tones” the authors all share their experiences about love, with a major emphasis on
Men of Athens, you accuse me of corrupting the youth of Athens, but I must combat this accusation. The fact that this trial is being held is preposterous and honestly a waste of time and focus for Athens. Before you can accuse me of corrupting the the youth, you must first ask yourself who really positively influences the youth in society? It certainly cannot be the laws because the laws are not a person rather a thing...correct? So It must be all the councilors and members of the assembly that improve the youth. If all of these men here today have an influence on the youth, then it is rather absurd to assume that I alone am the sole corrupter.
The European Union is a regional integration, born to aggregate the countries survived from the Second World War and to promote productivity and economic growth. Moreover, to contribute to defeat the social and financial inequalities between the European countries. It is important to make a distinction about the reasons that leaded the European Union to enlarge. David Long (2000) recognises that the EU has expanded numerous times
The European Union (EU) was established in order to prevent the horrors of modern warfare, experienced by most of Europe during the World Wars of the 20th century, from ever ensuing again, by aiming to create an environment of trust with the countries of Europe cooperating in areas such as commerce, research and trade (Adams, 2001). The EU has evolved into an economic, trade, political and monetary alliance between twenty-eight European Member States. While not all Member States are in monetary union (i.e. share the currency of the euro), those that are form the ‘Euro-zone’ (Dinan, 2006). The EU can pass a number of types of legislation, with a regulation, act, or law, being the most powerful. Its ‘tricameral’ (European Union, 2007)
With the enlargement of the EU and the increase in the number of poorer states joining the EU, more markets are integrated making them more open to competition and hence, as these are poorer nations, possibly inequality. Furthermore as the EU’s intention is to increase efficiency and growth through goods and product market integration, it is then reasonable to assume that some structural changes are necessary for full compliance. The changes are necessary but do have negative consequences for certain sectors or regions, which brings us to the necessity for governmental intervention and the need for the EU to consider
After the end of World War II in 1945, there was a motivation to promote and create unity between France and Germany to avoid future conflicts between these two powerful countries. It was this incentive that helped to shape and establish the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) back in 1951 and was also the foundation of the current European Union (EU) as we know it. Only two decades after its creation, the EU faces a very critical and somber moment in history. In recent years, the European Union has been challenged by a series of problems and crisis including slow economic growth and recession, the Greek debt crisis; the Ukrainian crisis, the ongoing migration and refugee crisis, the upcoming UK
In the third and final part of the book, the focus is on the policy-making side of the European Union and its main policies and relationships.
Today this European Union is a region on the rise, an area where economic and social progress are finally overcoming centuries of strife and difficulty. The dream of countless conquerors and idealists
In 1957, the signatories to the Treaty of Rome, pledged to create ‘an ever closer union’, ‘to promote throughout the Community a harmonious development of economic activities, a continuous and balanced expansion, an increase in stability, an accelerated raising of the standard of living and closer relations between the States belonging to it’. However, in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008, the European Sovereign Debt Crisis revealed fundamental flaws within the European Union (EU) and the Eurozone. Such flaws stand to threaten the current and future prosperity of the EU and have instigated a climate of economically constructed political hostility.
hoped to continue a sense of safety that they fostered after the Second World War. While this appears to be a good idea, many complex issues did not receive enough attention. Now these issues are emerging and play a significant role in current policy structure, leading many to question the effectiveness of the Eurozone. What used to be a positive institution now seems controversial, and furthermore causes many leaders to stray away from further integration. Scholars such as Copelovitch, Rosato, Webber, and Hall all approach the subject in unique ways, however they all agree that the Eurozone needs severe changes in order to flourish. A lack of regulation on the market comprises most of Copelovitch’s article, as well as Hall’s article, while Rosato focuses mainly on the lack of relevance the Eurozone has with the collapse of the Soviet Union and an increase in national interests. Lastly, Webber emphasizes Germany’s powerful position in the European Union and Eurozone, and explains how these institutions rely heavily on Germany for future prosperity. Differing economies and a lapse in financial judgment are at the forefront of the euro crisis, and while the Eurozone used to be an incredible asset, it now serves as somewhat of a setback for member countries. Thus, Europe needs
Europe may not have the luxury of experimenting for many years before finding workable arrangements for modern economies, and of politics in the independent democracies that comprise the eurozone. Popular calls for public goods, social insurance, financial stability, and countercyclical macroeconomic policy cannot be brushed aside so easily as in the less-democratic era of the nineteenth-century classical gold standard. Furthermore, the fact that the score of the eurozone is so poor on optimal currency area grounds that it suggests a need for mechanisms allowing smoother and more symmetric adjustment between its member countries.
Over past decades, Europe has become used to the progression, peace, and democracy. It has campaigned for an end to the division between East and West, also to improve the economic and social prosperity. It has worked to improve health levels, and for better protection of human rights to attain equality between men and women. Yet at present, opinion is divided as there are many advantages and disadvantages which are usually listed by different groups in different communities of the economic union. One of the advantages is the creation of trade. An economic union helps the economies of individual countries to achieve more. It brings peace and prosperity to the region as neighbouring countries have combined economies so they see other countries as more equal to themselves. It is true for the citizens of these countries as well as they get to right to work everywhere without any discrimination. Although one of its drawbacks is that it does create a counter balance to other regions of the