WORLD HISTORY

POST COLD WAR WORLD

INTEGRATION OF EUROPE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
An international organization in which 28 European countries (and growing) work together on shared issues
A
European Economic Community
B
European Coal and Steel Community
C
European Union
D
Soviet Union
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -1 The European Union in brief. The European Union (EU) is a unique economic and political union between 27 European countries.

Detailed explanation-2: -The OECD and the EU The OECD. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) was set up in 1961 by building on the post-war Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) established in 1948 to manage the US Marshall Plan for the reconstruction of Europe.

Detailed explanation-3: -Croatia applied for EU membership in 2003 and was in negotiations from 2005 until 2011. On 9 December 2011 leaders from the EU and Croatia signed the accession treaty. The country became the 28th EU member country on 1 July 2013.

Detailed explanation-4: -The WTO is a broad international organisation, its members accounting for over 90 % of all trade in the world, whereas the EU, being a member of the WTO, is a geographically limited and closely integrated organisation.

Detailed explanation-5: -The European Union is an international economic and political alliance of 27 member countries, 19 of which use the euro as their official currency.

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