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| | Encyclopedia: Enlargement of the European Union |
 | | Elections to the European Parliament were held from June 10, 2004 to June 13, 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom. | | | The European Investment Fund, established in 1994, is a European Union agency for the provision of finance to SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises). | | | The European Investment Bank (the Banque Européenne dInvestissement) is the European Unions financing institution and was established under the Treaty of Rome (1957) to provide loan finance for capital investment furthering European Union policy objectives, in particular regional development, Trans-European Networks of transport, telecommunications and energy... |
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| | NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: European Union |
| | The "European Community" is one of the three pillars of the European Union, being both the most important pillar and the only one to operate primarily through supranational institutions. | | | The Union was established under that name by the Treaty on European Union (commonly known as the Maastricht Treaty) in 1992. | | | A key activity of the EU is the establishment and administration of a common single market, consisting of a customs union, a single currency (adopted by 12 of the 25 member states), a Common Agricultural Policy and a Common Fisheries Policy. |
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| | CIA - The World Factbook -- European Union |
| | Domestically, the European Union attempts to lower trade barriers, adopt a common currency, and move toward convergence of living standards. | | | Members of the European Parliament were initially selected by national parliaments, but in 1979 the first direct elections were undertaken and they have been held every five years since. | | | The evolution of the European Union (EU) from a regional economic agreement among six neighboring states in 1951 to today's supranational organization of 25 countries across the European continent stands as an unprecedented phenomenon in the annals of history. |
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| | 9th Congress of the European Trade Union Confederation |
| | The massive rate of abstentions in the recent European Parliamentary elections sent an eloquent and disturbing message about public perceptions of the European Union. | | | To a very large extent, the success of the European Union in the coming period will be judged by its citizens on its capacity to deliver results in this area and to ensure better economic and social cohesion. | | | But looking beyond these issues, you also have an important contribution to promote positive change in other areas that have a direct impact on both the quality of people’s everyday lives and the competitive position of the European Union. |
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| | CIA - The World Factbook -- European Union |
| | Domestically, the European Union attempts to lower trade barriers, adopt a common currency, and move toward convergence of living standards. | | | Members of the European Parliament were initially selected by national parliaments, but in 1979 the first direct elections were undertaken and they have been held every five years since. | | | The evolution of the European Union (EU) from a regional economic agreement among six neighboring states in 1951 to today's supranational organization of 25 countries across the European continent stands as an unprecedented phenomenon in the annals of history. |
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| | EUROPA - The EU at a glance - The History of the European Union |
| | Originally, the members of the European Parliament were chosen by the national parliaments but in 1979 the first direct elections were held, allowing the citizens of the member states to vote for the candidate of their choice. | | | Economic and political integration between the member states of the European Union means that these countries have to take joint decisions on many matters. | | | The European Union welcomed ten new countries in 2004: Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. |
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| | Freedom for its citizens to vote in local government and European Parliament elections in any member state. | | | A key activity of the EU is the establishment and administration of a common single market, consisting of a customs union, a single currency (adopted by 12 of the 25 member states), a Common Agricultural Policy and a Common Fisheries Policy. | | | The "European Community" is one of the three pillars of the European Union, being both the most important pillar and the only one to operate primarily through supranational institutions. |
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| | CIA - The World Factbook -- European Union |
| | Domestically, the European Union attempts to lower trade barriers, adopt a common currency, and move toward convergence of living standards. | | | Members of the European Parliament were initially selected by national parliaments, but in 1979 the first direct elections were undertaken and they have been held every five years since. | | | The evolution of the European Union (EU) from a regional economic agreement among six neighboring states in 1951 to today's supranational organization of 25 countries across the European continent stands as an unprecedented phenomenon in the annals of history. |
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| | European Union Urges Iraq Not to Reinstate Death Penalty |
| | "The European Union reconfirms its opposition to the death penalty in all cases," the ministers said in a draft statement to Iraq Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari. | | | European Union foreign ministers have urged Iraq's interim government not to reinstate capital punishment as it continues to develop the nation's justice system. | | | European Union foreign ministers have urged Iraq's interim government not to reinstate capital punishment as they continue to develop the nation's justice system. |
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| | WEU [Definition] |
| | The European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) and European Union Satellite Centre (EUSC), both established to function under the EU's CFSP pillar, are replacements to the Western European Union Institute for Security Studies and the Western Union Satellite Centre which had been established to function in connection to the WEU. | | | The Union was established under that name by the Treaty on European Union (commonly known as the Maastricht Treaty) in 1992. | | | It was signed by the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the European Union. |
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| | European |
| | European Monetary Institute The European Monetary Institute (EMI) was the forerunner of the EU. | | | European Union law The international law, it is generally recognized that European Union law overrides the national laws... | | | European Bee-eater The European Bee-eater, Merops apiaster is a England in 2002. |
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| | NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: European Union |
| | The "European Community" is one of the three pillars of the European Union, being both the most important pillar and the only one to operate primarily through supranational institutions. | | | Regarding non-economic issues, supporters of the European Union argue that the EU is also a force for peace and democracy. | | | A key activity of the EU is the establishment and administration of a common single market, consisting of a customs union, a single currency (adopted by 12 of the 25 member states), a Common Agricultural Policy and a Common Fisheries Policy. |
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| | Thus, a French national in Hamburg can vote in the local elections as well as in the European elections for the European Parliament. | | | European Union citizenship and European identity can be understood as a reformulating of nationalist ideas where the redrawing of the lines around a culturalist and physical Europe ensures the exclusion of non-European foreigners—an exclusion that could no longer be effectively or easily accomplished at the level of the nation-state. | | | In spite of several key dissimilarities between European and North American regional integration, one can try to imagine a future equivalent of a NAFTA citizenship, encompassing the nationals of Canada, Mexico, and the United States. |
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| | European Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Freedom for citizens of the EU to vote in local government and European Parliament elections in any member state. | | | The European Communities are one of the three pillars of the European Union, being both the most important pillar and the only one to operate primarily through supranational institutions. | | | In 1992, the European Economic Community, which of the three original communities had the broadest scope, was renamed the "European Community" by the Treaty of Maastricht. |
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| | CIA - The World Factbook -- European Union |
| | Members of the European Parliament were initially selected by national parliaments, but in 1979 the first direct elections were undertaken and they have been held every five years since. | | | Domestically, the European Union attempts to lower trade barriers, adopt a common currency, and move toward convergence of living standards. | | | The evolution of the European Union (EU) from a regional economic agreement among six neighboring states in 1951 to today's supranational organization of 25 countries across the European continent stands as an unprecedented phenomenon in the annals of history. |
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| | European Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Freedom for citizens of the EU to vote in local government and European Parliament elections in any member state. | | | The European Union or the EU is an intergovernmental and supranational union of 25 European countries, known as member states. | | | The most important EU institutions are the Council of the European Union, the European Commission, the European Parliament and the European Court of Justice. |
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| | BIGpedia - European Union - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online |
| | The "European Community" is one of the three pillars of the European Union, being both the most important pillar and the only one to operate primarily through supranational institutions. | | | On the other hand, the Treaty of Rome of 1957 is still in effect, though much amended since then, most notably by the Maastricht treaty of 1992, which first established the European Union under that name. | | | The Union was established under that name by the Treaty on European Union (commonly known as the Maastricht Treaty) in 1992. |
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| | The European Election Study is a survey of the voting age population in the member states of the European Union and is fielded immediately following each European election. | | | Since the early seventies nationally representative samples in all European Union (European Community) member countries are interviewed in each spring and each autumn. | | | The studies are organised by the European Elections Study Workgroup, an international group of researchers. |
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| | European Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Freedom for citizens of the EU to vote in local government and European Parliament elections in any member state. | | | The European Communities are one of the three pillars of the European Union, being both the most important pillar and the only one to operate primarily through supranational institutions. | | | The most important EU institutions are the Council of the European Union, the European Commission, the European Parliament and the European Court of Justice. |
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| | In the 1999 European Parliament elections, both the PP and PSOE placed women at the top of their lists. | | | Increasingly, the word "Europe" is primarily being used as a synonym for the members of the European Union (EU). | | | Fifteen European states are currently members of the EU, with 10 more due to join by mid-2004, a few more negotiating for membership and several more expected to commence negotiations at some stage in the future. |
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| | MSN Encarta - Search Results - European Monetary System |
| | The nations of Western Europe took several tentative but significant steps toward integration in 1979, holding the first direct elections to the European Parliament and adopting a new form of currency linkage, the European Monetary System. | | | European Monetary System (EMS), system designed to increase financial cooperation and monetary stability within the European Union (EU). | | | European union—the ultimate dream of the "father of the... |
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| | CIA - The World Factbook -- European Union |
| | Members of the European Parliament were initially selected by national parliaments, but in 1979 the first direct elections were undertaken and they have been held every five years since. | | | Domestically, the European Union attempts to lower trade barriers, adopt a common currency, and move toward convergence of living standards. | | | The evolution of the European Union (EU) from a regional economic agreement among six neighboring states in 1951 to today's supranational organization of 25 countries across the European continent stands as an unprecedented phenomenon in the annals of history. |
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| | The so-called “Socialist Party” of England and Wales (SPEW, formerly known as Militant Labour) have issued a statement to the new coalition, claiming that they will support them in the European elections but feel unable to join with them for the moment. | | | Raising the minimum wage to the European Union decency threshold of £7.40 an hour. | | | But we oppose the ‘stability pact’ that the European Union seeks to impose on all those who join the euro. |
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| | EMBASSY OF GREECE: PRESS OFFICE - News Bulletin |
| | Greece moved a step closer to the single European currency, when the monetary committee of the European Union accepted on March 14 Greece's application to join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism on the basis of a 14 percent devaluation of the drachma and a package of economic measures aimed at restructuring the Greek economy. | | | In Brussels, the president of the European Commission, Jacques Santer, said that Greece's membership in the ERM, combined with significant measures on public finance, privatization, and labor market reforms, would contribute to the credibility of Greek economic policy. | | | Following the national elections in Cyprus on February 15, resulting in the re-election of Glafcos Clerides as President of the Republic, a new impetus was given to international efforts to resolve the problems which have divided the island since Turkey's invasion and occupation of its northern area in 1974. |
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| | GSD: C. Candland |
| | Recently, the major trade union centers, with the significant exception of INTUC, have expressed supported for secret ballot elections, even though such a mechanism for trade union recognition is likely to reduce their membership and their standing in state and central government consultations. | | | Scholarship on trade unions in India has argued that the Indian unions are politically weaker than their European counterparts because there are too many of them. | | | Trade unions have raised concern in national economic policy debates that the public sector is being treated by some as the private domain of select civil servants, politicians, and businesspeople. |
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| | Migration News |
| | Following a request form the National Union of Mineworkers, South African President Nelson Mandela held talks with several senior government officials on October 27 to determine if foreign mineworkers should be allowed to vote in the November 1 local elections. | | | The National Union of Mineworkers claimed that immigrants from European countries were being favored over the mostly black migrant workers form southern African nations. | | | The agreement was reached to late to allow them to vote in the November 1 elections. |
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| | Essex County Association of Trades Union Councils - Chair's address AGM 2004> |
| | In the coming year, particularly with the European elections, we will all need to be vigilant in preventing the far right from exploiting racial tensions and countering their propaganda based upon racial hatred. | | | Welcome all comrades to the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Essex County Association of Trades Union Councils. | | | The TUC has recognised the threat of the far right and has asked Trades Union Councils and County Associations to support campaigns against the far right. |
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| | GOVZA: History |
| | Unions across the colour line took place, and a new multiracial social order evolved, based on the supremacy of European colonists. | | | The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, under the leadership of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, helped inculcate a commitment to accountability and transparency into South Africa's public life, at the same time helping to heal wounds inflicted by inhumanities of the apartheid era. | | | In most respects, apartheid was a continuation, in more systematic and brutal form, of the segregationist policies of previous governments. |
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| | Dreaming War by Gore Vidal |
| | French and Italian trade unions and publications were subsidized, and a great deal of secret money was poured into Italy to ensure the victory of the Christian Democratic Party in the elections of April 1948. | | | Certainly European bankers envy us our powerless labor l, unions (only 14 percent of the lucky funsters are privileged to belong to a labor union) and our industries-lean, mean, downsized, with no particular place for the redundant to go except into the hell of sizzle and fry and burn. | | | He was simply a pretext for replacing the Taliban with a relatively stable government that would allow Union Oil of California to lay its pipeline... |
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