Founding Fathers of Europe
Konrad Adenaur was the prime minister of this country that, along with France, was one of the original two proposed members of the European Coal and Steel community, and was one of the six founding members
West Germany
The EU has this many member states
This European legislative body was granted full control of the EU's budget following the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty
European Parliament
Although the Council of Europe has declared that this day falls on the 5th of May to commemorate its own founding, the EU has declared that this day falls on the 9th of May to commemorate the Schuman Declaration
Europe day
Along with Schuman, one of the founders of the European Coal and Steel Community, often named "The Father of Europe" due to acting as the impetus for the creation of the ECSC
Jean Monnet
This is the name given to the expansions of the European Union when member states have acceded to the EU. The most recent ones of these events was in 2013 when Croatia joined the EU.
Enlargement
The EU is an example of one of these types of international organizations, where sovereignty is voluntarily given up by member states. It is often contrasted with intergovernmental organizations
Supranational organization
The number of stars on the flag of the European Union
This crisis began in 2011 and worsened around 2014, with millions of refugees attempting to enter the EU, due to a civil war in a namesake Middle-Eastern country.
The Syrian Refugee Crisis
A former British Prime Minister who, after his leadership in World War II, called for a "United State of Europe" and helped found the Council of Europe
Winston Churchill
This area allows for free travel between most European Member states without the need for visas, passports, or other border controls.
The Schengen Area
Costa V. ENEL and Van Gend en Loos were two court cases that allowed the European Court of Justice to review laws that broke the European Treaties as if the Treaties were one of these documents that governs the functioning of a state. The EU attempted to write one of these in 2004, but did not succeed. DD
Constitutions
Diversité dans l'unité is the official motto of Europe, often translated into this English phrase.
Unity in Diversity
This crisis was caused by soaring national debts in a number of European member states to a collapse of banking systems and other financial institutions in the wake of the 2008 Great Recession
Eurozone crisis/Sovereign Debt Crisis/European Debt Crisis
Walter Hallstein was the first president of this economic institution due to his role in promoting the creation of the European Common Market
The European Economic Community
This is the current head of the European Commission
Ursula Von Der Leyen
This summit of member states' leaders was only formalized recently with the signing of the Treaty of Lisbon. This group sets the overall political direction of the EU.
The European Council
Ode to Joy, the European Anthem, comes from this composer's ninth symphony
Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Empty Chair Crisis was caused by this French president's boycott of the European Communities. This president also stopped the UK from joining the EU, believing that the UK was a "Trojan Horse" for America to take over the EU.
Charles De Gaulle
This man's namesake report was instrumental in the decision to sign the Treaty of Rome due to its recommendation that a European Common Market should be created.
Paul-Henri Spaak
This body of all of the legislation passed by the European Union must be adopted by prospective member states before they are allowed the join the European Union
Acquis Communitaire
When the European Union obtained a consolidated "legal personality" with the Lisbon treaty, this organizational structure was abolished
Three-Pillar structure
Sixteen member states declared that they would support and continue the usage of all four of the symbols adopted by the EU when this treaty was signed in 2009
The Treaty of Lisbon
A number of political scientists have said that the EU's institutions suffer from this kind of deficit, which has lead to a Crisis of Legitimacy that has caused increasing levels of Euroscepticism throughout the EU
Democratic Deficit