Ross, Eden, Lois, Laura's Book (2019)

EUROPE IN FOUR WORDS

Roos van Vuuren Eden Olivet Laura Martín Lois Groenewold

Date: 21/2/2019

IDENTITY The revival of populism and extremism is a strong symptom of the identity crisis that is affecting many of the European Union's Member States. The question of identity seems to be a point shared by many populist and far right parties in Europe. The question is: to whom or to what do we feel to belong, want to belong? To social, cultural, economical, political groups or communities?

COMMERCIAL The EU is the world’s biggest trader, accounting for 16.5% of the world's imports and exports. Free trade among its members was one of the EU's founding principles, and it is committed to liberalising world trade as well. World trade is founded on rules laid out by the World Trade Organisation that help ensure that trade agreements and obligations between countries are open and fair.

FORCE Being a group of people who work together we form the force. Together we stay strong.

We help each others and this makes us to be a great and a fantastic continent. Without this force we won’t be cooperative continent.

RULES Rules are very important because if there are no rules, Europe will be a mess. We now for sure that rules are important for our economic, and politic