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ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF EUROPEAN UNION

HISTORY ON EUROPEAN UNION

The EUROPEAN UNION (EU) is a political organization of 27 independent member’s states which are located in Europe. It originated in 1958 from the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the European Economic Community (EEC), formed by six countries in 1958. In the intervening period, the EU has expanded in size by the accession of new member states. The Maastricht Treaty as it known was established in 1993 by the European Union under its current name in 1993. The last amendment to the constitution of the basis of the EU, the TREATY OF LISBON, came into force in 2009.

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The EU has a single market through a standard system of laws which apply in all member states. Within the Schengen Area (which includes EU and non-EU states) passport controls was abolished. EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people, goods, services, capital and make laws and common policies on trade. The monetary union known as the “EUROZONE” was established in 1999 and is currently composed of 17 member states.

THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

Trade and everything else should operate more effectively and efficiently with the Euro. Single currency in a single market seems to be the way forward but major disadvantages of the EU, households sometimes find it difficult to correctly compare the prices of goods, services and resources across the EU because of the resulting effects of exchangeable rates.

This discourages trade. According to economic theory, prices should act as a mechanism to allocate resources in an optimal way, so as to improve economic efficiency. There is a far greater chance of this happening across an area where E.M.U exists.      

There is also a political agenda to European bank (the European System of Central Banks -ESCB), the complete removal of national control over monetary policy and the partial removal of control over fiscal policy. Individual nation states will lose sovereignty (i.e. the ability to control their own affairs). It will be a considerable step down the road towards political union. There are many in the EU who favours economical and political union and they are very much in the EMU. There are also many who wish to keep national sovereignty and are struggling to prevent EMU, whatever its merits might be, from going ahead.

The difference in rate of growth, economic foundation, economic management and system are real disadvantages. It will cost the EU more money as subsidy. This money is collected from the old members. But the benefit of peaceful Europe and trade creation is more than the cost.  

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ACADEMIC STUDY IN THE UK

Academic study in the UK is rated as one of the most efficient and reliable ways to obtain academic excellence. UK educational system is divided into three sectors namely: Primary, Secondary and Tertiatry. Majority of the UK citizen attends publicly funded state schools. It begins with the assumption that the most valuable standard of Education transferred to students is the knowledge. The Primary sector is   usually free of charge, which parents do send their children to privately establishsed schools with tuition fees.

The Infant school or Primary school section comprises of a reception between age 4 to 5, while year 1, age 5 to 6, year 2, age 6 to 7, year 3, age 7 to 8, year 4, age 8 to 9 year 5, age 9 to 10, year 6, age 10 to 11 (Eleven plus exams in some areas of England, Key Stage 2 National Curriculum Tests).

Secondary education, is a period of education which follows directly after Primary Education and which may be followed by tertiary or "post-secondary" education. The purpose of a secondary education can be to prepare for either advance education  or vocational training . The exact boundary between primary and secondary education between countries and even within them, but is generally around the seventh to the tenth year of education, with middle school covering any gaps. Secondary education occurs mainly during the teenage years. Primary and secondary education together are sometimes referred to as " K-12 ".

Higher education is provided by universities and other institutions that award degrees to university colleges, and liberal arts colleges. Higher education includes both the teaching and the research activities of universities, and within the realm of teaching, it includes both the undergraduate level (sometimes referred to as tertiary education )  graduate (or postgraduate ) level (sometimes referred to as quaternary education). Higher education differs from other forms of post-secondary education such as vocational education . However, most professional education is included within higher education, and many postgraduate qualifications are strongly vocationally or professionally oriented, for example in disciplines such as law and medicine.

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