Supranational organizations Reading Questions

What UN organization deals with cases involving international law, and where is it located?

International court of justice, The Hague, Netherlands.

State the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.

US, Russia, France, GB, China.

State the “original six” Western European nations that formed a tariff union in 1951, and what was the original name of this organization?

West Germany, Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg), Italy, France. European Coal and Steel Community/inner six.

What are some of the arguments against European Unification? (Eurocrats?)

It established a bureaucracy in Brussels which imposed common standards on everything basic therefore undermining national customs and local traditions, limits national sovereignty and democratic control. Eurocrats is a bureaucrat in the administration of the European Union, didn’t want it to turn into an international dictatorship like the one Mussolini and Hitler strove to create.

In what year did “Euros” replace the national currencies of some European nations?

2002

How many European nations have adopted the Euro?

20/27 (Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain.

By 2007, what was the population of the European Union?

293 million currently it is 449.2 million

What three former territories of the USSR are part of the European Union?

Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Estonia Latvia Lithuania (and Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary.)

Should other former members of the USSR be admitted to the European Union? Why or why not?

Yes modernize them to prevent communist spread again, no they have different cultures and backgrounds which do not work peacefully with the west

Should Turkey be admitted to the European Union? Why or why not? What issues make their application controversial?

Controversial much of Tukey is Muslim and rest of EU mainly Christian. Some think no because technically not part of Europe, also because EU wouldn’t want borders with Syria, Iran and Iraq,

Should the European Union remain closely linked with the United States and NATO, or should it develop an independent defense force and defense policy? Explain.

Some say Nato because it would be stronger and more efficient, some say independent because it should be handling its own Issued plus the US might not always intervene and help.