{"id":79,"date":"2010-11-15T14:41:17","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T18:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/eulearning\/"},"modified":"2018-07-04T15:14:39","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T19:14:39","slug":"what-is-the-eu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/eulearning\/introduction\/what-is-the-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the EU?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On this page you will learn what the European Union actually is. Many people think it is a whole new type of political phenomenon &#8211; not a country like the United States, but also not an international organization like the United Nations. So what is the European Union? And does it offer a possible model for other parts of the world?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>There are <strong>28 countries<\/strong> in the European Union. These countries are called <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/geography.about.com\/od\/lists\/a\/eumembers.htm\">Member States<\/a>. <\/strong>The EU did not always have 28 Member States. It grew from\u00a06 Member States in 1952 to 28 in July 2013. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/eulearning\/introduction\/what-is-the-eu\/briefing-european-union-enlargement\/\">CLICK HERE to find out how! <\/a><\/strong>The following activities will help you learn more about these Member States of the European Union.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Activities<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Activity 1:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/eulearning\/introduction\/what-is-the-eu\/activity-1-where-are-the-eu-countries\/\">Where are the EU Countries?<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Activity 2:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/eulearning\/introduction\/what-is-the-eu\/activity-2-comparing-the-eu-countries\/\">Comparing Countries in the EU<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>So the European Union is composed of 28 member states. But what is the EU? <\/strong><strong>Is the European Union a country? Is it a regional organization? An international organization? A federation? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These are questions that scholars, politicians and average European citizens are trying to answer. Donald Puchala is a famous scholar who studies European Integration. Check out his <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/eulearning\/introduction\/what-is-the-eu\/extension-of-blind-men-elephants-and-international-integration\/\">interpretation<\/a> of how people have been trying to describe and explain the European Union.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/eulearning\/introduction\/what-is-the-eu\/extension-of-blind-men-elephants-and-international-integration\/\">Next &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this page you will learn what the European Union actually is. 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