This international business report has been conducted on the European Union (EU). The information that was used to carry out this report has been provided by Massey University and Kansas State University, innless indicated otherwise. The focus of this report is to identify significant features, trends and issues from an agricultural prospective. A brief summary of the EU will be provided to gain an insight and an introduction to EU.
The EU has 28 countries with an approximate population of 503 million people and of the total population, 75% live within urban areas. The coordination of European countries started after world war two due to the resulting impacts e.g food shortages. It has since become an economic union, where members have free trade, a common currency, free movement of labour and capital and common external trade policies. The agriculture sector currently makes up 1.6% of GDP and 5% of the workforce (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016). However, agricultural GDP has been declining over the years, due to support policy changes and greater prosperity of other sectors. The importance of agriculture varies considerably from country to country within the EU as shown in Figure 1, meaning some countries are more reliant on it than others. Countries within the EU are in different economic stages, resulting in distinctive, low, middle and high income groups. It can also be seen that there is considerable diversity in GDP per capita in the EU, shown by it ranging from,
After World War II Europe pushed to unify. The reasons to unify were so that no war between would be conceivable, and operating as a large economic unit in the free market would help to rebuild Europe after the war. The European Union was established in 1956 with six members: West Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Their main agreement was that trade would flow freely within its borders. The six member states populations combined were freely available as customers to any producer and in member state. The Union agreed to give up most agricultural policy within their borders to the governmental structure of the Union. The Common Agriculture Policy was a breakthrough in regional integration, but the results showed to be cumbersome and expensive, leading to large production surpluses and high prices for customers.
In the midst of an influx of migrants and an ongoing Euro crisis, the disunity of the current European union has become apparent. The implementation of a “United States of Europe” - a partially federalized system with a popularly elected president - has been proposed. The alternative to this system is the potential abandonment of the Euro, and consequently European integration altogether. In contrast, some argue that deeper political and fiscal integration is impractical, and that the existence of a United States of Europe is not within the political reality of various European states. The European Union as it currently exists is a half-hearted attempt at integration; both arguments ultimately advocate change. The existence of a United States of Europe would result in a detrimental loss of state sovereignty and presents an insurmountable challenge of unification on political, societal, and cultural levels.
Romania is a large agrarian country. Its long history is one of being a rich agricultural country, with its people deeply connected to the land. Romanian farmers have weathered many crises and changes over the centuries, but their connection to the land has always remained strong. Now, they find themselves once again at a crossroad. Agriculture today is plagued by many problems: the deep scars left by the communist regime, the current agro-politics, the lack of quality development and the poverty in the Romanian countryside are the main issues effecting Romanian agriculture growth and development.
As an important economy group, EU was built up after WWII. The first aim of EU is recover the economy from the damage in WWII. After years great effort there are some significant success from EU. Now EU is the biggest GDP development economy group. Also there are some positive conditions supports their sustainable economic development. Firstly, EU has large population which is 503 million inhabitants. It is account 7.3% of total population of the world which is 7093 million. Compared with other economic groups, the workers in EU with high skilled and educated which can be a comparable advantage to agribusiness. Secondly, EU has large land which is 1628 square miles. In addition, 40% of it is about 170 million hectares build as farms. Thirdly, there are three main climates in Europe. North-eastern part of EU
EU stands for the European Union which was invented after the Second World War. The EU is a special economic and political partnership between 28 European countries together which covers more than half of the continent. EU purpose was to unite the european countries economically and politically and to bring peace to Europe (Europa.eu, N/A). EU was formed on April of 1951 by six countries which were France, Italy, Belgium, West Germany, Luxembourg and Netherlands. United Kingdom joined the EU on January 1973. On this year the United Kingdom started to follow EU law. Therefore, UK has three main sources of law which are statutory law (Act of Parliament), Case law and EU law. All of them could affect any business in various ways depend on business type, size, policies and etc. New countries which want to join EU must sign a treaty to become a member and to commit to their rules. There are five main bodies in EU: the Act Of Parliament, European Commission, European Council, Court of European Justice and Court of Auditors. Each body has its own specific things to be done (Keenan D. and Riches S., 2005). This report will discuss how United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union affects the business community, especially in the free movements, free trade, competition law and employment law.
. The emergence of the European Union resulted from the wish to stop conflicts among the warring countries within the states which will not only bring about peace and safety but also economic growth and embossed living standards for all of its peoples. European Union is based on the rule of law, individual human rights protection and a common European Union Citizenship. The aspirations of the Union have increased far beyond the indigenous aims of a systematic market for goods and services and now includes customary foreign and safety policy. In the meantime, it is noted that guiding concepts of the EU are set forth in the TEU (Treaty in the European Union). The Union is established on the merits of respect for human eminence, freedom, elective government and fairness. These ethics are said to be usual in the member states. The EU Council is made up of political representatives of the member states, each being a minister who is consented to execute to the regime of their state. The committee meets in nine different layouts based on the conclusion as to the nature of these configurations taken by a qualified greater part of council members. For example, if the matters being talked over is on education, then United Kingdom representative will be the Minister of Education.
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), is the most complex example of common policy in the European Union. Introduced from 1958 to 1968 and still in existence today, it has brought controversy, dispute and political tension within the EU and with the rest of the world. It is also a remarkable example of the movement toward the unknown realm of integration in Europe. However, subsequent reforms have been slow in arrival and have not always achieved the success expected of them. With the new difficulty of enlargement, challenges will require yet more reform of the CAP. The changing situations and context of the policy will be considered in terms of its effectiveness, as will the reforms of
There is empirical evidence that the European Union did have legislative preparation for an emergency such as the current migrant crisis, however the question is; what is wrong with the European Union provisions? This chapter will chronological analyse the history of the provision for ‘migrants’ protection in Europe and where it has gone wrong in relation to the current ‘migrant’ crisis. It will also discuss the establishment of the European Union border protection Agency (FRONTEX) and its inability to cope with the current migrants’ influx.
One of the main objectives of the European Union (EU) is the establishment of the internal market, which shall consist of “area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured. The internal market is based upon a customs union achieved through the abolition of the imposition of customs duties and charges having an equivalent effect and the prohibition of discriminatory taxes on intra-EU imports. The internal market is enhanced by the provisions on free movement of workers, freedom of establishment, free movement of services, and free movement of capital. Whereas Articles 28 to 30 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) provide for the establishment of an EU common external tariff and the elimination of customs duties, Articles 34 and 35 of the TFEU (with exceptions under Article 36) go further, and prohibit quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect. Taken together, Articles 28 to 32 and 34 to 36 serve to ensure the free movement of goods within the EU and to facilitate the operation of the internal market.
It is true that the European Union is taking the steps to have the rebuilding of security against terrorism. The military forces have started to take the actions in order to cope with the increasing issue of terrorism. However, it is also true that the miss-conception has been formed regarding the image of Muslims in the Europe as they are being subjected to wrong treatments for the terrorist impressions as research reports that “…The Ministry of Defense decided to deploy 10,500 soldiers to sensitive areas, with nearly half of them assigned to the protection of the country 's 717 Jewish schools…”
The European Union is committed to a challenging renewable energy goal of at least 27% of final energy consumption by renewable sources by 2030. While this goal is in part motivated by environmentally concerns, with commitments to climate change in mind, it is also politically motivated. Europe energy needs are currently heavily dependent on natural gas, which is mostly imported from Russia. This arrangement puts Europe in danger from Russian blockades and political pressure. The crash of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 renewed tensions between Brussels and Moscow. EU Commissioner for Energy Gunther Oettinger has stated that a 30% energy reduction would prove a useful tool in ensuring European energy security. While there are plentiful opportunities for varied sources of renewable energy generation across Europe, issues arise in supplying this energy to the end consumer. The electrical transmission system has the difficult challenge of matching the current supply to the demand of the system by matching deficiencies in one area of production with abundances in another. In Europe this transmission system is comprised of multiple national transmission operators in a large central network with some additional mostly isolated networks. Increasing interconnection between these networks should result in increased efficiencies and robustness of the overall system. Additionally, the rise of electrically powered vehicles (EVs) will shift the considerable energy demand that is
Germany, now one of the most powerful states in the European Union, is most broadly defined as a representative democracy. Citizens vote on the upper legislature, lower legislature, and state representatives, known as the Bundestag, Bundesrat, and Länder respectively. The Bundestag goes on to elect a leader or chancellor. This leader has less independent authority than the president of the United States or the British Prime Minister, and is very dependent on parliamentary agreement to pass laws. Thus, the German government would more specifically be labeled a parliamentary republic. A parliamentary republic is a form of government in which the parliamentary legislature (elected by the people) has more power than the head of state.
The European Union is committed to some of the boldest renewable energy goals of at least 27% of final energy consumption by renewable sources by 2030. While this goal is in part environmentally motivated with commitments to climate change in mind, it is also politically motivated; Europe is currently heavily dependent on natural gas for its energy needs, with much of this natural gas imported from Russia. This arrangement puts Europe in danger from blockades and economic pressure from Russia. The crash of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 renewed tensions between Brussels and Moscow and EU Commissioner for Energy Gunther Oettinger stating that a 30% energy reduction would prove useful in ensuring European energy security. While there are
The Common Agricultural Policy is the agricultural policy of the European Union (EU) and it is a partnership between agriculture and society and Europe and its farmers. The CAP is a complex and extensive policy that can only be understood by explaining how it was developed. It was foreseen as common policy with the objectives to provide affordable food for the
The European Union was formed after WW2 in the late 1940s. The main purpose behind the establishment of the European Union was to end the period of wars between neighbouring countries and unite all of Europe as one strong economy. The nations officially started joining the European Council in 1949. The initial six nations that acted as founding members for the European Union were Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and Netherland (European Commision, 2014). Overtime, more nations joined in and united 28 countries till 2015. The additional countries that joined in included Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom (European Commision, 2015).