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    Country: President of the European Union

    Committee: Crisis Committee

    Delegate: Alba Zamora

    School: Instituto Thomas Jefferson santa monica

    Form of government: - ex. Parliamentary Monarchy

    Chief of State: - Charles Michel President of the european council

    Head of government: - Ursula Von der Leyen president of the european commission

    Population: - 448 million

    Capital: - Brussels

    Official language: - The european union has 24 official languages

    Religion: - Catholicism |

    Imports: - Crude Petroleum ($229M)

    Exports: - Medicines ($104M)

    Currency: - EURO
    .

    Union Background:

    This Union was created after the Second World War in an effort to integrate and improve the

    European countries. In 1951, six European countries came together to create the treaty of Paris,

    the antecesor of the European Union. Continuing to grow, settling in 1957 with the treaties of

    Rome, creating the European Union parliament. Over the years, the European Union has started

    including more members, lately having 27 countries as members.

    The current members are:

    1. Germany

    2. Austria

    3. Belgium

    4. Bulgaria

    5. Cyprus

    6. Croatia

    7. Denmark

    8. Slovakia

    9. Slovenia

    10. Spain

    11. Estonia

    12. Finland

    13. France

    14. Greece
    President role and capabilities

    The President of the European Union is appointed by national leaders and approved by the

    European parliament. The president's roles include being the external representative on

    foreign and security issues as well as taking part in G7 meetings, giving political guidance to

    the European Union commission and contributing in major debates both in the European

    Parliament and the Council of the European Union. They also lead the commissions work in

    implementing EU policies and lead the European Council's in setting the EU's general

    political direction and priorities.

    Problems

    During the last few years the European Union has had many inconveniences and problems,

    this includes the Brexit, the migration crisis that created tensions between the countries in

    the union, the economical crisis that have affected several countries of the union and the

    recent Covid 19 pandemic that has taken an impact in the social and economic sections and

    had tested the solidarity and the capabilities of the countries.

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    nd-values_en

    European Union (EU) | Definition, flag, purpose, history, & Members. (2024, March 21).

    Encyclopedia Britannica.

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/European-Union/The-Maastricht-Treaty
    European Union Trade | WITS | Text. (n.d.).

    https://wits.worldbank.org/CountrySnapshot/en/EUN/textview#:~:text=Overall%20Exports

    %20and%20Imports%20for,are%20imported%20from%20209%20countries.

    History of the EU, EU pioneers | European Union. (n.d.). European Union.

    https://european-union.europa.eu/principles-countries-history/history-eu_en

    Presidents of the European institutions | European Union. (n.d.). European Union.

    https://european-union.europa.eu/institutions-law-budget/leadership/presidents_en

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