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MODULE
1M
ODULE
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FROM
CONFL
ICT
TO
CLOSE
PARTNER
SHIP:
THE
EUROPEA
N UNIO
N (EU)
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Which country does the flag belong to?Where is its capital city?
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Where do these countries locate?
9A cafe house in Paris/ Roboppy@Wikipedia/CC-Zero
The planned European Extremely Large Telescope/Swinburne
Astronomy Productions/ESO@European Southern Observatory/CC BY
EUROPE NOW
Erasmus students in Manchester, the United Kingdoms/ Photo: Facebook ID: MMUnion Erasmus & International
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Destruction in a Berlin street (1945)/ Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-R09876 / CC-BY-SA
A parade of German tanks in Paris (1941)/ Bundesarchiv, N 1576 Bild-007/ Herrmann, Ernst/ CC-BY-SA
The French and Belgian troops occupied the German Ruhr region in 1923/ No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit @Imperial War Museums/ CC BY
EUROPE THEN
11Schuman Declaration / European Union
BUILDING LASTING PEACE AFTER WWIIThe Schuman Declaration - 9 May 1950
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The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), 1951
The European Economic Community (EEC), 1957
The European Union (EU), 1993
DEVELOPMENT SINCE THE SCHUMAN DECLARATION
1. An Expanding Agenda (Structure)
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Ireland
Germany
Finland
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
EUROJUST EUROPOL (European Police)
Common European market: Free movement of goods, capital, services, and
people
ECSC
Coal bituminous/ Minerals in Your World@ wikipedia/CC-Zero
Steel wire rope/ Johannes Hemmerlein@ wikipedia/BY-SA
Vehicle License Plates
1. An Expanding Agenda (Matters involved)
14European Union Enlargement/ Ssolbergj@Wikipedia/ CC BY-SA
2. An Enlargement of Membership from 6 to 28
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1951 1973 1981 1986
1990 1995 2004 2007 2013
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Herman Van Rompuy
President of the European Council
José Manuel Barroso
President of the European
Commission Martin SchulzPresident of the
European Parliament
In 2012, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the European Union because "for over six decades [it has] contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe".
Award ceremony of the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize to the EU
/ P-022380/00-07@European Union, 2013/ CC BY
SIGNIFICANCE
17Ana Fanlo Vicente (12, Spain): winner of the “Peace, Europe, Future” drawing competition
CONCLUSION
Can this mode of building peace be applied in Asia?
An “Asian Union”perhaps? (Think about Japan and China)
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Anti-China Protest in Tyoko/ [email protected]@Flickr/ CC BY-SA
Anti-Japan Protest in Shanghai/ acina@Flickr/ CC BY-NC
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