Пояснения к тексту. 1) the Treaty of Maastricht – Маастрихтский договор (договор об образовании Европейского Союза, подписанный 7 февраля 1992 г

1) the Treaty of Maastricht – Маастрихтский договор (договор об образовании Европейского Союза, подписанный 7 февраля 1992 г. и вступивший в силу в 1993 г.);

2) gross product – валовой продукт.

Ответьте на следующие вопросы к тексту.

1. What is The European Union?

2. How and when was it established?

3. What does a single market of the EU guarantee?

4. What common currency was adopted by the EU member states?

5. What advantages does membership in the Schengen Area give?

6. What basis does the EU operate on? What does it mean?

7. What institutions and offices does the EU include?

2. Заполните пропуски, используя слова под чертой (слова даны в нужной форме):

1. The EU … itself as "a family of democratic European countries".

2. Some EU member states have a domestic tradition of strong regional ….

3. Many of the … of the EU relate to the development and maintenance of an effective … market.

4. The EU economy is expected … further over the next decade as more countries join the union.

5. The Schengen treaty allowed removal of … border controls and harmonization of … controls between its member states.

6. Freedom is provided for citizens of its member states … and … anywhere within the EU with their spouses and children.

7. The European Union's … cover all areas of public policy, from health and economic policy to foreign affairs and defense.

To live, policies, internal, describes, activities, to grow, single, external, work, government.

3. Подберите словарные определения к следующим организациям: WTO, G8, UN, NATO, Schengen Area.

a) is a military alliance established on 4 April 1949, the headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium, and the organization provides a system of collective defense whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party;

b) is a group of twenty-five European countries which have abolished all border controls between each other; it originates from the agreement signed.in 1985;

c) is a forum, created by France in 1975, for governments of eight nations of the northern hemisphere: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the UK, and the USA;

d) is an international organization whose main aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights and achieving world peace founded in 1945 after World War II;

e) is an important selective, mainly private, international organization aimed at controlling and liberalizing international trade; officially established on 1 January 1995.

4.Выразите согласие или несогласие со следующими высказываниями:

1. The European Unionis an economic and cultural union of 27 member states, located in Europe.

2. The EU maintains common policies on trade, agriculture, fisheries, and regional development.

3. Sixteen member states have adopted a common currency, the euro.

4. All EU countries are members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

5. Schengen Area doesn’t include any non-EU countries.

6. In certain areas the EU depends upon agreement between the member states.

7. EU citizens elect the Parliament every four years.

5. Напишите к данному ниже предложению четыре вопроса: общий, специальный, альтернативный и разделительный.

The European Unionwas established by the Treaty of Maastricht on November 1^st in 1993.