Topic > Old Europe and New Europe: the role of the European Union"

The European Union is the only formation that is taking place in the process of political formation. It can be considered as a version of the response to current demands as well as Within the united Europe there is an opportunity for the participating states to solve the key problems of social and economic, political, cultural, ecological development and internal and external security issues, after the half-century development of the European integration, the EU I has transformed in one of the main and most developed centers of the modern world. The EU's share in global gross product exceeds 20%, it is the share of almost a quarter of world trade which plays the main role in providing technical and financial assistance to countries in developing path Today the EU, after having gone through four waves of expansion, includes 27 countries: Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Great Britain, Denmark, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Finland, Sweden-15. countries of the old members - and 10 countries - new members or mladoyevropeyets: Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria. The European Union in the current phase is the powerful geopolitical and economic center of Throughout the world, the states of Western Europe are linked by strong bonds of community law and general institutions of integration, as well as by close economic relations embodied in a market uniform interior. At the same time, life poses new problems for Western Europe, creates new appeals, both external and internal, requiring a timely and adequate response. The first and main appeal is globalization. Many of the manifestations of this phenomenon, intertwining with each other and interacting with...... middle of paper ...... - of other Member States). Each member of the commission is responsible for a certain sphere of EU policy and is the curator of one or more divisions of the Commission: the directorates-general that know about the EU's separate activities or its relations with separate groups of countries. The commission plays a key role in ensuring the EU's daily work on the implementation of key contracts and the decisions taken based on them. It prepares and proposes the necessary acts and action programmes, and after their acceptance it monitors their implementation. In case of violations the Commission has the right to resort to sanctions, including bringing the EU to court. The commission has its own powers and the right to make decisions in various policy areas, within the framework defined by the Contracts. He knows EU finance: the budget and the various funds.