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Title: Democratic values in theEuropean Union


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Democratic values in theEuropean Union
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Index
  • 1. The European Union
  • 1.1 What is the European Union?
  • 1.1.1 Countries in the European Union
  • 1.1.2 Symbols of the EU
  • 1.1.3 Aspects that the European Union
    countries have in common
  • 1.2 Why and how was it created?
  • 1.3 Most important institutions of the EU
  • 2. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  • 2.1 Human Rights in the EU
  • 2.1.1 European Union Convention on Human
    Rights
  • 2.1.2 European Court of Human Rights
  • 3. The democratic values
  • 3.1 What do they mean?
  • 3.2 The diversity of values
  • 3.3 The democratic values in the EU
  • 3.3.1 What values does the EU promote?
  • 3.3.2 How does the EU promote the
    democratic values and the diversity of values?
  • 4. Comparision of the rules of Josefina Aldecoa
    highschool with the EU
  • 4.1 The different common aspects that Josefina
    Aldecoa and EU share

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1. The European Union

1.1 What is the European Union?
  • The European Union is an economical and political
    organization which was founded after the ending
    of the Second World War by six European
    countries. At the beginning it was called
    European Economic Community and its aim was the
    economical colaboration of the before named
    countries establishing other two
    suborganizations the EURATOM and the European
    Coal and Steel Comunity. Nowadays the EU is a
    really important organization and the richest
    economical potency in the world, highlighting
    that its principal aim is to promote the human
    rights all over the world.

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1.1.1 Countries in the European Union

1.1.2 Symbols of the EU
1.1.3 Aspects that the European Union countries
have in common
Regarding to economics, the European Union
countries have the same rules in agriculture,
transport, industry... Regarding to politics all
citizens have the right to study, live or work in
other countries which belong to the European
Union. Also, the different countries have taken
measures to protect the environment, fight
against crime and respect all democratic values
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1.2 Why and how was it created?
  • In 1945 after the Second World War ended, some
    European countries decided to cooperate with each
    other to prevent more wars and to improve the
    development of the European economy. In 1957,
    Germany, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, the
    Netherlands and France signed the Treat of Rome
    and created the European Economic Community. Some
    years later, in 1992, the members of the European
    Economic Community signed the Treat of Mastritch,
    with this the European Community changed it's
    name to the European Union. From that moment and
    on, more countries have joined the European Union
    until reaching the formation of a Union of 28
    countries as we know of today.

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1.3 Most important institutions of the EU
  • The European Parlament
  • The European Parliament is one of the main
    institutions of the European Union. It's formed
    by the Euro Mps and the president. The Parliament
    is in charge of taking the most important
    decisions, like aproving laws and the budgets.
  • The European Union Council
  • This is where the ministers of each country from
    the European Union meet to take care of the most
    important decisiones like aproving laws with the
    Parliament, coordinating economic laws and
    controlling exterior politics.
  • The European Comitte
  • Is the European Union's government. They are in
    charge of proposing laws to the Parliament and
    the European Council.
  • The Court of Justice
  • The Court of Justice is in charge of guaranteeing
    that the laws are respected and aplaid equally
    too all the European members. It also solves
    legal conflicts between the governments and
    institutions of the EU.

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2. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  • Is a declaration adopted by the United Nations
    Assembly on 10th December 1948 at the Palais de
    Chaillot, in Paris. The Declaration arose
    directly from the experience of the Second World
    War, which vastly knocked down the people rights,
    only leaving destruction, chaos, and millions of
    deaths. It represents the first global expression
    of rights to which all human beings are
    inherently entitled and this is an important
    fact, because all the countries which are members
    of the United Nations, have to commit this
    Declaration and doing that is a global way of
    promoting this rights. The Declaration consist of
    thirty articles.

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2.1 The Human Rights in the EU
2.1.1 European Union Convention on Human Rights
2.1.2 European Court of Human Rights
  • The European Convention on Human Rights was
    established on the 4th of November of 1950 by the
    European Council. It established a system of
    international proteccion of the Human Rights,
    where people acquired the benefit of judicial
    control over their rights. The Convention,
    ratified by all the members of the Union,
    established different control systems situated in
    Strasbourg
  • The Commission, in charge of studying the demands
    of the States, or sometimes individual people.
  • The European Court of Human Rights, where, in the
    case of judicial solution, turn to the
    Commission.
  • The Committee of Ministers of the Council of
    Europe, that are in charge of guarding the
    European Court of Human Rights and their
    intervention is needed to obtain a solution when
    the case hasn't been sent to the Court.
  • Each time there were more problems so there was a
    reformation in the Court, on the 1st of November
    og 1998 all these organizations formed the
    European Court of Human Rights.

The European Court of Human Rights is the highest
judicial authority for the human rights and
freedom Europe. It consists of an international
court where everyone who has had their rights
violated is recognized by the Convention for the
protection of his or her rights. This Convention
is a treaty where the 47 states of the Council of
Europe have promised to protect all human rights
and freedoms. Human freedom and rights
established in the Convention, the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights from the UN and in
the European Convention of Human Rights are
basically the same.
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3. The democratic values
3.1 What do they mean?
  • The democratic values are the characteristics,
    the qualities, the ideas and beliefs which are
    accepted in a society, in order to guide it to a
    democratic progress which can finally become
    stable. They are a set of principles that allow
    any society to be able to apply a democratic
    system. These etic values make democracy exist
    and justify it as the best political system.
    Values such as freedom, justice, pluralism,
    equality are the basis to build a democratic
    society.

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3.2 The diversity of values
  • The diversity of values is a phenomenon given in
    our actual multicultural society. This diversity
    makes citizens learn that there is a large
    variety of values depending on the ideals and the
    opinions from each person. The diversity of
    values, as a multicultural fact, reinforces the
    cohabitation in the society nowadays and helps to
    learn to be tolerant and respect other values,
    and not only that, but all the different
    ideologies that humans have, such as religious
    beliefs, traditions

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3.3 Democratic values in the EU
3.3.1 What values does the EU promote?
  • The values operate as principles, from which the
    behaviours are regulated and serve as a guide for
    individuals and the society. These values arise
    from the Second World War and they are the result
    of the evolution of modern societies, and can and
    should be rationally justified, showing why and
    how they are preferable done institutionally.
  • The most important values the EU promotes are
  • Freedom
  • Equality
  • Justice
  • Respect
  • Democracy
  • All of them based on the human dignity and the
    Human Rights aplied to all human beings. Having
    in mind these values, the European Union tries to
    achieve a set of objectives.

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3.3.2 How does the EU promote the democratic
values and the diversity of values?
  • The EU promotes the diversity of values by the
    intercultural dialogue, which is really important
    to manage the membership of multiple cultures in
    a multicultural environment. By its institutions,
    it looks for the cohesion of all the different
    values from all the european countries. The EU
    has fought for us to have the chance to live in a
    tolerant, multicultural society, with political
    plurarism.

The EU respects the freedom of all citizens and
has its basis on the human dignity. The Council
of Europe defends all the democratic values named
before in order to respect the human dignity so
the intercultural dialogue can take place. Values
such as the respect for freedom of expression are
promoted by the Council of Europe. By this way
the EU develops a culture of diversity making the
democracy to reconciles the rule of the majority
with the rights of the individuals.
The European education not only prepares young
people for the laboral market, but also promotes
their personal development as persons with a
certain dignity, and gives them knowledge.
Schools have an important role in the promotion
of the democratic values, because they have the
responsability to guide the students and teach
them how to live as free and active citizens.
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4. Comparision of the rules of Josefina Aldecoa
highschool with the EU
4.1 The different common aspects that Josefina
Aldecoa and EU share
  • International regulations
  • Obligations
  • Rights
  • Duties

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4.2 Common denominator of the internal regime of
democratic connector
  • Respect for human dignity and human rights,
    freedom, democracy, equality and the rule of law
    are common values, which are expressed in Article
    2 of the Treaty on EU. The compliance with these
    principles is a necessary condition of EU
    membership.
  • Comparing these values of democratic Council of
    Europe with the rules, the aim is to find some
    similiraties that promote peace and coexistence
    in schools. Some keywords realted with this
    aspect are school coexistence, peace culture,
    group cohesion, emotional education, values
    education
  • These are basic rules that our highschool and the
    EU have in common, as respect of human dignity
    and equality are essential for living together in
    harmony. We must ensure these points and work
    together and sanction those actiones that do not
    follow the rules.

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Comenius Project
European Union
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