Estonia and the European Union

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Estonia and the European Union

• NGO Eurohouse
• Europe Direct Kuressaare inforelay
• 10A Tallinna str., 93813 Kuressaare
• Phone and fax [phone]
• E-mail info_at_eurohouse.ee

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Founding of the EU

• Goals
• To create political union with common structure
• To create forms of the economical cooperation
• Founders
• Belgium
• The Netherlands
• Luxembourg
• Italy
• France
• The Federal Republic of Germany

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Enlargement

• There has been five enlargements in the EU.
• Every enlargement brings along changes. EU has
  always had to adjust its policies, financing
  principles and activities to prepare itself for
  new members.

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Enlargement 1952-1973

• Goals
• To set up common market free movement of the
  products, services, humans and capital
• Closer integration and enlargement of the
  European Union
• To hurry up the integration and political
  cooperation
• To induct new timetable for creating economical
  and financial union
• Common economical-, commercial- and transport
  policies.

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Enlargement 1952-1973

• Joining countries
• Ireland
• Denmark
• The United Kingdom

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Enlargement 1974 - 1981

• Goals
• To create European Regional Development Fund
• To even up employment, living and working
  conditions
• To put in use the European passport
• To create common fishing policy.
• Joining countries
• Creek

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Enlargement 1982 -1986

• Goals
• To reform institutions
• To start integration according to the Common
  European act.
• Joining countries
• Spain
• Portugal

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Enlargement 1987 - 1995

• Goals
• To reform EU structure funds
• To create economical and monetary union in three
  steps, to put in use common money and to even up
  economical policies of the EU member countries
• To lose border control between member countries.

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Enlargement 1987 - 1995

• Joining countries
• Austria
• Finland
• Sweden

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Enlargement 1996 - 2004

• Goals
• To make unions institutions more efficient
• To make decision making process more effective

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Enlargement 1996 - 2004

• Joining countries
• Estonia
• Cyprus
• Poland
• Slovenia
• Czech Republic

• Hungary
• Malta
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Slovakia

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EU institutions

• European Parliament
• Council of the European Union
• European Commission
• European Court
• European Data Protection Supervisor.

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EU common money

• The euro is the currency of twelve European Union
  countries, stretching from the Mediterranean to
  the Arctic Circle (namely Belgium, Germany,
  Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy,
  Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal
  and Finland).

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EU common money

• The euro symbol was designed by the Commission
  services. The final choice from among several
  proposed designs was made following a qualitative
  assessment by the general public conducted by a
  specialised organisation.
• The is inspired by the Greek epsilon pointing
  back to the cradle of European civilisation and
  the first letter of Europe, crossed by two
  parallel lines to indicate the stability of the
  euro.

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The symbols of the EU

• The European flag
• The European anthem the melody comes from the
  Ninth Symphony by Beethoven. When used as the
  European anthem, it has no words.
• Motto of the EU United in Diversity
• Common money euro
• Europe Day, 9 May