kathleen krall's List: European Union

• History

• It introduced a Common Foreign and Security Policy and moved towards an EU coordinating policy on asylum, immigration, drugs and terrorism. 

   EU citizenship was brought into being for the first time, allowing people from member countries to move freely between member states. The treaty included a Social Chapter, from which the UK opted out, laying down EU policies on workers' rights and other social issues.  

• he single European currency, the euro, was officially adopted by 11 member states in 1999. Greece, which took longer to meet convergence criteria, joined two years later. Denmark, Sweden and the UK have chosen not to join, at least for the time being. 

   After a transition period, the euro completely replaced the former national currencies in 2002.  
• Current issues

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