Germany in the European Union
The European Union is the biggest political success story of the past 50 years. Peace and prosperity, freedom and security are achievements cherished by all EU citizens. Germany is a founding member of the organization and plays a very active role in shaping today's enlarged European Union.
EU Council Presidency
In the first half of 2012, Denmark will assume the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
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The contest for the 2012 European Charlemagne Youth Prize is now under way. The prize is awarded to young people between the ages of 16 and 30 who are engaged in projects designed to encourage the development of a European consciousness and identity and offering practical examples of Europeans living together as one community.
European Charlemagne Youth Prize
It marked the birth of the euro, when a new era in the history of European cooperation began 20 years ago with a brief ceremony in Maastricht, the Netherlands. On February 7, 1992 the ministers for the finance and foreign affairs of the then twelve member states of the European Community signed the Treaty on European Union, thus sealing the introduction of a single European currency.
The foundation stone of the EU monetary union
Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on the EU’s new financial policy stability and the goal of a political union in Europe.
Minister, for many months now Europe has been engaged in financial policy crisis management – what will a sustainable solution look like?
We are now developing the European Union into a stability union. That is what we agreed at the European Council on 9 December 2011. Almost all member states of the European Union committed themselves to observing the stability criteria by showing, for example, increased thrift and greater budgetary discipline.
“Europe will grow closer together”
On 26 July 2010 the European Union General Affairs Council took the decision on the establishment of a European External Action Service (EEAS). On 20 October 2010, the European Parliament passed the remaining legal acts needed to set up the EEAS – the amendment of the Financial Regulation and the Staff Regulations as well as the EEAS supplementary budget. After endorsement by the Council on 25 October, the EEAS can then start work on 1 December 2010.
European External Action Service
EU: Treaty of Lisbon Has Entered into Force
The Treaty of Lisbon has entered into force on December 1. The sweeping reforms will greatly enhance the EU's efficiency and democratic foundations. “Based on this Treaty, our task now is to formulate concrete and good policies for the benefit of Europe’s citizens,” Foreign Minister Westerwelle said.
Treaty of Lisbon
European foreign policy
The entry into force of the Treaty on European Union in November 1993 turned European Political Cooperation (EPC) into the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP).
European foreign policy
Bilateral Relations with other EU Member States
Alongside the multilateral "Brussels" cooperation between the EU Member States, bilateral relations with the other EU countries continue to play a major role. At bilateral level, too, Germany works very closely with its EU partners on a variety of subjects.
Bilateral Relations with other EU Member States
German as an EU Language
German is one of the EU languages accorded equal status under EEC Council Regulation No. 1 of 1958. The Federal Government is working for German language skills to be recognized as a career-enhancing qualification and has taken steps to make German courses for this target group more attractive.
German as an EU Language
Enlargement of the European Union
The European Union's goal is to make Europe a bastion of peace, freedom, security, political stability and ...
Enlargement of the European Union
