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European Union:
-27 countries
-450 milion inhabitants
-internal market of the EU is the largest in the world
Goals:
-promoting peace
-save values and well-being of the peoples of the union
-area of freedom, security and justice without internal borders
-internal market and sustainable development of Europe, based on balanced economic growth and price stability

Facts:
• A political economic union
• 27 member states
• Set up with the aim of ending wars between neighbours & unite European countries economically and politically
• Foundation: 1th November 1993 in Maastricht
• 6 member states: France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, the Netherlands and Italy
• Has the largest trading bloc and single market in the world
• 19 countries have the same currency: the euro
• Duty-free movements of goods within the EU
• Goals: promoting European values, freedom, and the well-being of its citizens

Past:
• fondation of EGKS (1952)
• fondation of EWG and EURATOM (1958)
• collaboration of EWG to EG (1967)
• europe parlament
• agreement in Maastrich: EU (1993)
• convention of Schengen ( 1995)
• single currency (1999)
•euro crisis (2010)
• Brexit (2016-2020)

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Aims:

-to promote peace, European values and the well-being of its citizens

-Freedom, security and the rule of law without internal borders,

-sustainable development based on balanced economic growth and price stability, a competitive market

-economy with full employment, social progress and respect for the environment,

-Reducing social injustice and discrimination,

-Promotion of scientific and technological progress,

-strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion and solidarity between Member States,

-respect for their rich cultural and linguistic diversity,

-Establishment of an economic and monetary union whose currency is the euro.

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...founded: 7. April 1948
- headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland
Goal: for every nation the highest level of health as possible

-members: 194 memberstates
Advantages for Members:
-professional support
-support medical research
-directly help in case of a catastrophe
Aims:
- a better nutrition (worldwide)
- better live and work conditions
- combat diseases like influenza, HIV, cancer and heart diseases

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United Nations:
-founded in 1945 after World War II
-193 countrys belong to the UN
- they secure world peace and observe international rights
-helping underdeveloped countries and solve international problems
-are the center of discussions to solve Common Problems

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special Organisation of UN
support of international collaboration in education, science, culture, and communication for peacekeeping
- head office in Paris
-195 members
-following Institution of the IIGZ in the League of Nations
-exists since 1945 November
-education for all

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Founded: 1931
Member states: 54 (mostly former colonies of the British Empire)
Headquarters located in London
All members must abide by the decree of the British Monarch
Goals:
-Developing the former British colonies (Humanitarian aspect)
-Facilitating peace and trade between its member states
-Furthering the influence of the United Kingdom in the world.

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today most important decisions are based on an international level

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- makes international collaboration and competition possible
- removal of trade barriers
- decreases transport costs
- companies can outsource their production
- freed some developing countries of extreme poverty

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globalization is illustrated by English as global language

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Aims of EU: peacekeeping and promoting economic growth

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360 Million speakers worldwide

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English makes international communication easier

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-English is used as a lingua Franca for non-native speakers
-used in business, science, Technology and popular for culture
-threatens local culture and languages also linguistic diversity

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-EU won the nobel peace prize for overcoming the hostility, advancing peace
-Europe is still challenged by a monetary crisis

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- poor working condtions with low safety standards
- gap between rich and poor gets bigger
-people feel uprooted
-redundancies in the domestic workforce

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- westernization endangers cultural diversity
- side effects of increased migration are illegal imigration and people-smuggling
- tax evasion
- global competition for cheap materials
- availability of fresh water at risk
- stagnation of wages
- horrendous working conditions and child labour
- personal data is less secure
- political interest and finacial power constribute to an unfair distribution of wealth and power
- people in extreme poverty have no access to the global internet network
- waste of consumerism

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- increases culture awareness
- reduce the causes of conflicts

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- protests and activism are more effective
- easy traveling

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- cheaper communication
- share knowledge way easier

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- share a cultural identity
- more options for migrants, fill important labour gaps

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-fair trade, help developing countries to get fair share of profits
-secure jobs
-create economic stability
-cheaper conditions for companies
-gaining access (medicine)

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-global communication
-connect people from all over the world
-communication for Poor peoples education (cheap technology and not restrictet)
- news and information can save lives in a crisis or expose crime
- anyone has a voice now

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-waste of consumerism

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-Peer presure to consume

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- Western culture propagated by the media; the cultural diversity of nations is in danger

- Developed countries are tempted to use their economic and political power to invent in other countries affairs
- Travel and transport, limited resources are disappearing

- The rapid economic growth of large emerging markets like China India or Brazil make the situation worse

- The availability of freshwater may be cubical in the future

- Political interests’ financial power and subsidisation contribute to unfair distribution of wealth and power

- Dominating market shares and lowering chances of survival for small businesses

- Developing countries are affected by tax evasion and stagnating wages

- Customers consume without knowing how and where it has been produced

- Concerns are voiced about personal data -> less secure, can control people’s behavior and movements
Large parts of world: extreme poverty, remote places or war zone -> no access to global internet network

- Interventions can cause a divide or even war; the help from the outsides hinders developing countries from building functional administrations and infrastructure of their own e.g. India