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EUROPEAN UNION
The European Union is a rapidly changing economic and political union of mostly western European nations that arose out of the European Community in 1993. This international organization is not meant to replace the sov­ereignty of the individual countries but rather to unify them under a common currency and economic structure, as well as under some shared principles of law and human rights. One of the cornerstones of the European Union has been the new currency, known as the euro, and the creation of a new European Central Bank. This new group of nations is to rival the United States and to increase trade among its member nations. This is no easy feat because of the strong national identities of these nations, including language barriers and long-standing cultural disputes.

HISTORY
The beginnings of the European Union were cultivated soon after the end of World War II (1939—1945), when it appeared that Europe would once again be a battleground between the......

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