EuropeanUnionBriefIntroductionName:EuropeanUnionLocation:TheEuropeanHeadquarter:BrusselsMemberstates：28memberstatesand6candidates.MainCities:London,Paris,Berlin,Brussels,etc.Theofficiallanguage:English,French,German,etc.Flag:HangonMay29th,1986.Currency:EuroNationalDay:OnNovember1,1993.EuropeDay:May5th&May9th.Motto:

Unitedindiversity（求同存異）Anthem:

OdetoJoy

《歡樂頌》ThehistoryofEUOthersGeographyMostoftheEuropeanUnionisontheEuropeancontinent.TheEUcoverslessthanhalfoftheterritoryofEurope,significantpartsofthecontinentespeciallyintheEast(e.g.EuropeanRussia,Ukraine,Belarus)andsmallerpartsintheNorthandCenterarenotpartoftheEU.ThememberstatesoftheEUhavelandborderswith19othernations.TheEU'smemberstatescoveranareaof4,423,147squarekilometresCountries4AustriaBelgiumBulgariaCroatiaCyprusCzechRepublicDenmarkEstoniaFinland

FranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIreland

ItalyLatviaLithuaniaLuxembourgMaltaNetherlandsPolandPortugal

RomaniaSlovakiaSloveniaSpainSwedenUnitedKingdomFlagThereare12goldenstarsontheflag,whichisthesymbleofthevirginMary.Obviously,theblueisstandforthesky.ThepurposeofsuchdesigningisforestablishinganunifiedEuropean,andenhancingpeople'simpressionoftheEuropeanUnion.CurrencyEurobanknotesisdividedinto5,10,20,50,100,200,500euros,altogether7denominations,sizesandcolorsvary.theEuropeDayInEurope,EuropeDayisanannualcelebrationofpeaceandunityinEurope.TherearetwoseparatedesignationsofEuropeDay:5MayfortheCouncil(委員會)ofEurope,and9MayfortheEuropeanUnion(EU).FortheEU,thedayisalsoknownasSchumanDay,commemoratingthehistoricaldeclarationbyFrenchforeignministerRobertSchuman.TheideasbehindtheEuropeanUnionwerefirstputforwardon9May1950byFrenchforeignministerRobertSchuman.Thisiswhy9MayiscelebratedasakeydatefortheEU.

RobertSchuman(1886－1963)ReasonsofeatablishmentWordWarIIreducedthelaregepopulationinEurope.Lakeofhumancapitalandphysicalcaptial,theeconomyofEuropesharplydeclined.Atthattime,U.S.A&SovietUnionisstrongerthanEurope,bothineconomyandinthemilitary.Tobridgeallornearlyofthegapofcomprehensivenationalstrength,TheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity(ECSC)isestablished.ThehistoryofEU1950*—FrenchForeignMinisterRobertSchumanproposesintegratingthecoalandsteelindustriesofWesternEurope.1951*—TheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity(ECSC)isestablished,withsixmembers:Belgium,WestGermany,Luxembourg,France,ItalyandtheNetherlands.Asupranationalbody,calledtheHighAuthority,iscreatedtomanagethecoalandsteelindustries.1957*—ThesixmembersoftheECSCsigntheTreatiesofRome,creatingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity(EEC)andtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity.TheEECmemberstatesaimtoremovetradebarriersbetweenthemandformacommonmarket.ThehistoryofEU1967—TheinstitutionsofthethreeEuropeancommunitiesaremerged,creatingasinglecommission,asinglecouncilofministersandaEuropeanparliament.1979—ThefirstdirectelectionsfortheEuropeanparliamentareheld,allowingcitizenstovoteforcandidates.1993—TheTreatyofMaastrichtcreatestheEuropeanUnion,pavingthewayformonetaryunion.2002—Asinglecurrency,theeuro,replacesnationalcurrenciesin12ofthe15countriesoftheEU.ThehistoryofEU2004—Initslargestexpansion,theEUwelcomes10newcountries,andanewconstitutionissigned.2005—ThemovetoratifytheconstitutionsufferssetbackswhenFranceandtheNetherlandsrejectthedocument.2007*—BulgariaandRomaniajointheEU,expandingtheunionto27memberstates.2011*—TheEuropeanUnionwontheNobelPeaceprize.2013.7.1—Croatiabecamethetwenty-eighthEUMember.AimTopromotepeace,thepursuitofcitizensrichlife,therealizationofsocialandeconomicsustainabledevelopment,toensurethebasicvalues,strengtheninternationalcooperation.促進和平，追求公民富裕生活，實現社會經濟可持續發展，確保基本價值觀，加強國際合作。PositiveWorldPromotingeconomicpatternsmulti-polarizationoftheworld,andcontributetothegrowthoftheworldeconomy.Internationaleconomicandtradepatternshavechangedgreatly.

促進世界經濟格局的多極化,有助于世界經濟的增長,使國際經濟貿易格局產生巨大變化。EU

stimulatetheproductionandtradeofEUmotetheEuropeanfinancialmarketstendtounity.betteruseofeconomiesofscaletoattracttalentsandinvestments

刺激歐盟企業的生產和貿易，同時促使歐洲的金融市場趨向統一,更好地發揮規模經濟效益,吸引人才和投資ChinaSimplifyingthetradeproceduresandreducingtransactionrisksaregoodtothestrengtheningoftechnicalcooperation.Itcanhelptoopenupthediversificationofforeigntrade.簡化貿易手續,降低交易風險,有利于加強技術合作,有利于開拓對外貿易多元化NegativeWorldEuroincreasestheinstabilityofworldfinancialmarkets,andEuropeanbanksposeathreattoforeignbanks.歐元加劇了世界金融市場的動蕩，歐洲銀行對外國銀行構成了威脅。EUmemberstatesfinancesseverelyconstrained;developmentswithintheEUarenotbalanced成員國財政受到嚴重約束歐