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Засновувати, приєднуватись, ціль, встановлювати, забезпечувати, розвивати, стверджувати
European Union
The EU was set up after the WW II. Six countries (Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and
the Netherlands) joined from the very beginning.
The EU is based on the rule of Law and Democracy. Principal objectives of the EU are:
5) to establish European citizenship (Fundamental rights: Freedom of movement, Civil and
political rights);
6) to ensure freedom, security and justice (Cooperation in the field of Justice and Home
Affairs);
7) to promote economic and social progress (Single market, Euro, the common currency, job
creation);
8) to assert Europe’s role in the world (Common foreign policy and security).
The EU is run by five institutions, each playing a specific role:
-European parliament (elected by the peoples of the Member States);
-Council of the EU (composed of the government of the Member
states);
-European Commission (driving force and executive body);
-Court of Juctice (compliance with the Law);
-Court of Auditors (sound and lawful management of the EU budget).

Task 3. Complete the text by the proposed words. Consists, works, will, Strasbourg, the Council,
suffrage, decisive, exercises

European Parliament
Elected every five years by direct universal …, the European Parliament is the expression of the
democratic … of the Union’s citizens. The Parliament … of 626 MEP’s. The Parliament … in France,
Belgium and Luxembourg. Plenary sessions, which all MEP’s attend, are held in ….
The Parliament has three main roles:
1) it … democratic control over all the community institutions; 2) it shares legislative power with
….
3) it plays a … role in the adoption of the budget.

Task 4. Read and translate the text. Make up your own dialogue on the basis of the text.
International Inter-Regional Organizations
The International Inter-Regional Organizations play an important role in the global framework of
different international institutions.
The most universl and influential among them are: the European Union (EU); The Organization of the
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE); the Council of Europe (CE); The Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD); the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN); the
Organization of African Unity (OAU); the Organization of American States (OAS); the Organization of
Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
The European Parliament (EP) is elected by the citizens of the European Union to represent their
interests. Its origins go back to the 1950s and the founding treaties, and since 1979 its members have been
directly elected by the people they represent.
Elections are held every five years, and every EU citizen is entitled to vote, and to stand as a
candidate, wherever they live in the EU. Parliament thus expresses the democratic will of the Union's
citizens (more than 490 million people), and represents their interests in discussions with the other EU
institutions. The present parliament has 785 members from all 27 EU countries. Nearly one third of them are
women. In principle, the number of Members of the European Parliament shall not exceed 736 from the next
parliamentary term on (i.e. 2009 – 2014). Since Bulgaria and Romania joined the Union in the course of the
2004-2009 parliamentary term, the current maximum number of 732 seats in the EP will be temporarily
exceeded.
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) do not sit in national blocks, but in seven Europe-wide
political groups. Between them, they represent all views on European integration, from the strongly
profederalist to the openly Eurosceptic.

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