The Lisbon Treaty – new horizons Celebrating 50 years from the signing of the Rome treaties‚ the Heads of State and the Prime Ministers of the Member States have adopted a statement in Berlin concerning the acceleration of the institutional reforms. After consulting sessions‚ which involved the States and the European Union Institutions‚ in December the same year (2007)‚ the Lisbon Treaty was signed. This treaty‚ also called the reforming treaty‚ modifies and brings amendments to the institutive
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HIS 120 28 April 2014 The Treaty of Versailles Downtrodden‚ traumatized‚ wary. Following the end of the First World War in 1919‚ the world could agree they were experiencing these similar feelings. The aftermath of this total war had left the world in chaos; drastic political‚ cultural‚ and social changes had taken place throughout Europe‚ Asia‚ and Africa‚ powerful empires had collapsed‚ countries were abolished as new were formed. The number of casualties of all the nations from the war added
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Treaty of Versailles‚ Analytical Essay What is the treaty? In June 28‚ 1919‚ met in the Palace of Versailles and signed a peace treaty which when into force on January 10 officially ending the Great War. Leaders from key ally countries such France‚ Great Britain‚ Italy and the United States (US) took part‚ imposing punitive measure on the scapegoat central power‚ Germany. Woodrow Wilson and a group of handpicked representatives on behalf of the US attended to negotiate their terms to be enlisted
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The topic this essay will discuss is how the Treaty of Versailles caused WWII. On June 28‚ 1919‚ the Versailles Treaty was signed by the victorious Allied Nations and defeated Germany. The Allied Nations was made of Britain‚ France and the United States. The treaty was made to ensure that another tragic war like WWI would never happen again. However‚ two decades later‚ Europe was in WWII. Many argue the Treaty of Versailles was what led to WWII. The Treaty of Versailles caused WWII because of German’s
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To what extend was the Treaty of Versailles a fair treaty? The TOV is a peace treaty that was put into place at the end of World War One and it was largely an unfair treaty‚ as Germany was not allowed to negotiate the terms of the treaty. The Germans was forced into signing the treaty or risk invasion by the Allied Forces‚ even though at that time‚ Germany had to yet surrendered but called for a ceasefire. The act of coercion is unjust towards the Germans as the Germans has not admitted that they
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War‚ introducing nuclear weapons into the global system was one of the biggest changes that created a global phenomenon even after the year 1945 to the contemporary global politics. It has shaped the crucial aspects of the strategic actions of the states and transformed the international system. After experiencing two catastrophic global conflagrations‚ the global system has not triggered major wars and intra-regional wars over the post-Cold War period. However‚ utilising nuclear weapons to prevent
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Nuclear Weapons Non-Proliferation is a limitation of production such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The big five: United States‚ Britain‚ France‚ China‚ and former Soviet Union agreed to dismantle arsenals and signatory nations would not possess nuclear weapons (Conn). Although North Korea has become the world’s ninth nuclear power‚ they withdrew from the treaty in January 2003. Since then‚ North Korea processed enough plutonium for five nuclear bombs (Norris). America should and does
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The Treaty of Maastricht Was the Treaty of Maastricht important in creating a political union? “Europe will not be made at once.” - Robert Schuman In the early 1980’s Altiero Spinelli came up with the idea of creating a political union. The idea was at the time very controversial and got rejected first‚ because many people considered it as a threat of the national sovereignty and the focus was more on the economy also. Back then two important economic concerns were for example‚ removing
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The Treaty of Rome (1957) The signatories to the Treaty aimed (according to the preamble : * To ensure the economic and social progress of their countries by common action to eliminate the barriers that divide Europe. * to concentrate their efforts on the constant improvements of the living and working conditions of their peoples. * to achieve concerted action in order to guarantee steady expansion‚ balanced trade and fair competition. Furthermore‚ they : * were anxious to strengthen
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The Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles (TOV) was signed on the 28th of June 1919 in the Palace of Versailles. The TOV was a compromise peace and was designed to end all wars‚ but this was not achieved as 20 years later‚ in 1939 another war broke out. The three nation leaders‚ Georges Clemenceau of France‚ David Lloyd-George of Britain and Woodrow Wilson of America‚ all had different ideas of the harshness that should be placed on Germany. France in particular‚ wanted to see the German
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