6.2 The European Union

6.2 The European Union
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6.2 The European Union

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

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Goals
  1. The student can explain why the ECSC was founded
  2. The student can describe how European coöperation developed from the ECSC to the EEC to the EU
  3. The student can give specific examples of how the EU has stimulated coöperation
  4. The student can give specific examples of challenges the EU faces in the 21st century

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The ECSC 
Watch the following video: https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/history-fathers-of-europe_V001-0002_ev 

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The EEC (1958-1993)
In 1958, the ECSC was turned into the European Economic Community (EEC). The countries worked together on more fronts:
  • Customs duties were abolished. 
  • To create food security for its members, the EEC influenced food production with subsidies and quotas. 
  • To fight environmental pollution, the EEC started to make communal rules 
  • A European parliament was founded, to which since 1979 all member states’ citizens could directly elect its representatives. 
  • Schengen Treaty (1985) caused freedom of movement 

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The EU (1993 - present)
In 1992 the Treaty of Maastricht came into effect. The twelve EU members decided to form one big common market in which there was free movement of goods, services, people and money. From this moment on, the cooperation was called the European Union. 

With the euro (2002) economic cooperation could be stimulated even more. 

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

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When was the ECSC founded?
A
1945
B
1948
C
1950
D
1953

Slide 6 - Quizvraag

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What are the goals of the ECSC?
A
To create a common market for coal and steel
B
To make a future war materially impossible
C
To create a continent without borders
D
To create goals to fight environmental pollution

Slide 7 - Quizvraag

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Which countries founded the ECSC?
Correct
False

Great Britain

The Soviet Union

The Netherlands

Belgium

France

Italy

Spain

Luxembourg

Poland

Sweden

Sweden

Austria

West Germany

Slide 8 - Sleepvraag

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What are challenges the EU faces in the 21st century?

Slide 9 - Woordweb

- Euro-scepticism
- Brexit
- Refugee crisis
- Corona / pandemic 
- Economic crisis (2008) 
Questions
Do question 1, 3 and 5 of paragraph 6.2
  
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Slide 10 - Tekstslide

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