GEOG 213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: 2Degrees, European Migrant Crisis, Kyoto Protocol

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 213
• Professor: Aaron Williams

Document Summary

Parliaments located at: strasbourg (france), luxemburg, brussels (belgium, european governing body, croatia is the latest member, has their own flag, currency. Origin: many events lead to this creation. Ec: six original members (1950, belgium, france, west germany, italy, luxembourg and the netherlands, then expanded. 1992- treaty of the maastricht the formation of european union: areas such as common currency, internal affairs, defense policy etc. 1999 treaty of amsterdam: moving towards a constitution i. e. worker rights, human rights etc, euro launched on money markets, except for uk, sweden, denmark, norway. 2007 treaty to design institutions and policies treaty of lisbon: amends the previous treaties, has(cid:374)"t (cid:271)ee(cid:374) (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ged si(cid:374)(cid:272)e, more democratic, efficient. Motivations: post wwii financial and political ruins, promotion of capitalism, to unite europe, minimize trade and economic barriers, stability, equity and freedom. Tensions: the value of the euro due to inflation, resentment of the original members. Trade block of the eu: agricultural subsidies.