2. Europe’s mission in the 21st century
• provide peace, prosperity and stability for its peoples;
• overcome the divisions in the continent;
• ensure that its peoples can live in safety;
• promote balanced economic and social development;
• meet the challenges of globalisation and preserve the
diversity of the peoples of Europe;
• uphold the values that Europeans share, such as sustainable
development and a sound environment, respect for human
rights and the social market economy.
3. 1. Peace, prosperity and stability
Era of wars “New era” of peace and stability
World War II
1939 1951 - Establishment of European
Coal and Steel Community
(ECSC)
1945
6. 3. Safety and security
Security
Internal External
• Fight against terrorism and • Protection of military and
organized crime strategic interests
•Main bodies: • Working with allies
- Europol • Participation in NATO
- Eurojust
8. 4. Economic and social solidarity
Germany – Largest EU economy -
Only 3,9% of World GDP
EU USA
USA
Germany
EU – 20% of World GDP
USA – 19,7% of World GDP
10. Human
6. European
rights values
Sound Social
environment solidarity
European
Cultural values Free
diversity enterprise
Fair
Mixture of distribution
tradition of fruits of
and progress economic
growth
11. Links
• www.europa.eu
• International Monetary Fund, World
Economic Outlook Database, October
2010: Nominal GDP list of countries. Data
for the year 2010.
