World Regions EU Assignment
As detailed in the class syllabus, your assignment is read about the current status of the European Union, and write a paragraph in which you discuss a particularly interesting problem or situation that the Union or one of the member states are facing (for example, see the Special Reports on the Euro and Immigration under the resource section for some additional details). To receive credit, make sure to sign your post with your first name and last initial.
posted by The Professor at 9:41 AM
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Issues currently facing the EU cover its membership, structure, procedures, policies and improving intelligence cooperation. Improving intelligence cooperation is there top priority but, in the long-term, the root causes conflicts and must be understood and addressed. An emerging intelligence service in the European Union should have as its most important task the analysis of overtly gathered information and preparing it for use by policymakers. A first step towards improving intelligence-sharing was the establishment of the Joint Situation Center (SITCEN) for intelligence analysis within the Council Secretariat. One of its goals is to bring together experts from both the intelligence and security services.
The extension of EU increases the problem of integration for people. At the origin, the EU was constituted, for its majority, with Latin people. There were same shared values (cultural, political). With the expansion, however, Anglo-saxon and Caucasians people try to come into the Union with their differences (cultural and political).
In order to be accepted, these new comers have to change, sometimes drastically, their ways of life, of think just to satisfy the criteria of adhesion. This situation might potentially destabilize socially and politically new comers’ government.
Other issues can be expected such as how to standardize the economic level of new comers to avoid a “migration” within the Union, to share equally the resources (natural, financial, human) among members?
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I feel that it is amazing the amount of change a country is expected to go through to join the European Union. Why would a country be willing to give up so much autonomy to join a union that contains countries that are so large and tend to overshadow them? The answer is rewards. Each country that joins the E.U. will be afforded certain protections and economic advantages that far outweight what they may be asked to give up. I am astounded by the sheer number of countries that are members and the list of countries that are wanting to join. The power that is going to be available to the European Union will be vast on an economic level alone with their hughly diverse numbers. It is not just an American idea that there is finacial success in buying in bulk and with the E.U. working as a collective this affords them that power.
Between the European Union, they are faced with the issue of a single currency. Only twelve of the union's states belong to the "eurozne" in which they use the same currency. This creates an issue of unity and progress in the same direction and that is with only twelve union states agreeing. It is not! Denmark and Sweden have tried to join but were defeated by votes and Britian has not even placed a vote. This places the European Union on two different levels. One half of the Union that is progressing with new intervention while the rest is left behind. I believe as the prime currency expands, then the remaining states will consider the issue more effectively.
I agree with the comment above and also I believe that with only twelve union states agreeing will cause major problems in the near future. It is going to not only cause more problems with the progress in the economy but slow down the world problem issues as well.
I can understand turies plight to wnat to become part of the European union. The eu is growing and becoming more powerful everyday. Although the human rights issues need to be ''cleaned up'' is is a very valid reason to not allow them join or be apart of the union.Being apart of the super country would gice the new comers and extra edge to benifit them royally.Kimberly T
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