1.	Introduction

2, History

3.	The important bodies of the EU

4.	The symbols of the EU

5.

Currency

6.	The Czech Republic and EU

7.	Other major international organizations

"The European Union
Introduction
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 member states located in Europe. Every member of the EU union remains a sovereign democratic state with its president, parliament, government, and constitution.
History
It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1st of November 1993, but the first idea of a common Europe came up in a speech given by French foreign minister Robert Schuman in 1950. A year later 6 countries (France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg) founded The European Coal and Steel Community. A few years later these countries extended co-operation to the areas of trade, economy, and nuclear energy. These organizations were called The European Economic Community and European Atomic energy community (Euratom). Many countries, for example, the UK, Greece, Ireland or Denmark joined to these Communities in the following years. In 1993 the Treaty of Maastricht was ratified and the European Union was established. The Czech Republic became a member of the EU on 1st of May 2004.
To become a member of the EU, the country must meet the Copenhagen criteria. It‘s a set of rules that involves having a stable democracy and accepting the laws of the EU membership. The principal goals of the EU are the common market with 4 freedoms (free movement of goods, free movement of workers, free movement of services, free movement of capital) and co-operation in areas such as an environment, culture, social affairs, science, police and border control, courts, education and so on…
Important bodies of the EU"