The European Union

Briefly explain the European Union and respond to the following: Why is it a good thing? What will it prevent?

Some Information About The European Union:

After the World War II, economic unity became a very appealing concept. The Western European countries were no longer a great power; France and England lost most of their African and Asian Colonies and Germany was divided in two. As this was all taking place, the United States and Soviet Union quickly emerged as the world?s leading powers causing the European countries to be economically dependent on them. In order to promote economic stability after World War II, ten European countries set up the Council of Europe in 1949. This council did not focus on national defense or military activities but instead attempted to unify the members in order to improve their economic well being. As time passed, more countries joined bringing the number up to twenty-three. In 1950, a French statesman named Jean Monnet, promoted the idea of unification based on economic needs of European countries. Monnet approached France?s foreign minister, Robert Schuman, with an idea of uniting France and Germany?s coal and steel resources. Schuman liked the idea and had him draft a document known as the schuman Declaration. As of this day their is up to 27 countries united with the European Union.

So was this a good thing?

This was a good thing because now traveling to Europe is more easier and effective due to this developement. It is more easy to travel around the world like the U.S. this means that they don't have to stop everytime to show them their passport and just keep going. Now many people who live in the EU nations can freely now work in any part of the EU nations without any problems. The 27 European nations have a lot of citizens even more then what the U.S. has but it won't be much of a problem getting around anything more.

What will it prevent?

This will prevent another war, because they are united economically, politically, and socially. So this means that the chance that these countries would want to start war is very small