The EU and Slovakia

anglictina/the-european-union-13149/" class="wiki-link" title="Viac o: the european union">The European Union or the EU is an intergovernmental and supranational union of 25 European countries, known as member states, based on the European Communities and founded to enhance political, economic and social cooperation.The European Union's activities cover all areas of public policy, from health and economic policy to foreign affairs and defence. 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, a common trade policy, and a Common Fisheries Policy..

Treaty on European Union was signed by 12 member states, which has came into operation on 1st November, 1993. New members since 1st January, 1995 are Austria, Finland,Sweden. republic/" class="wiki-link" title="Viac o: the slovak republic">The Slovak Republic joined the European Union on 1st May 2004 whith other 9 new member states.Bratislava marked the date with celebrations, major fireworks, concerts and other events.The Slovak currency remains the Slovak crown. There remain border controls at all borders, but are now done only by the police and not the customs.Eurocurrency should be introduced between 2007-2009.

The most important EU institutions are the Council of the European Union, the European Commission, the parliament/" class="wiki-link" title="Viac o: european parliament">European Parliament and the European Court of Justice.Today the Members of the European Parliament are learning to live and work together, to get to know one another, to compare their cultures and understand their differences. likewise.The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens in the 25 member states once every five years. Together with the Council of Ministers, it comprises the legislative branch of the institutions of the Union. It meets in two locations:Strasbourg and Brussels.

The Members of the European Parliament are learning to live and work together, to get to know one another, to compare their cultures and understand their differences. The European Parliament cannot initiate legislation, but it can amend or veto it in many policy areas. In certain other policy areas, it has the right only to be consulted. Parliament also supervises the European Commission, must approve all appointments to it, and can dismiss it with a vote of censure. It also has the right to control the EU budge

The Council of the European Union forms, along with the European Parliament, the legislative arm of the European Union (EU). It contains ministers of the governments of each of the member-states. The Council of the European Union is sometimes referred to in official European Union documents simply as the Council.

The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive of the European Union. Alongside the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, it is one of the three main institutions governing the Union. Its primary roles are to propose and implement legislation, and to act as 'guardian of the treaties' which provide the legal basis for the EU. The role of the European Commissionhas many parallels with the executive body of a national government.The ECJ is the supreme court of the European Union. It adjudicates on matters of kohlhaas-interpretation/" class="wiki-link" title="Viac o: interpretation">interpretation of European law.