Final

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You have been asked to speak at the December meeting of the Azusa Chamber of Commerce. Your topic is "Current Issues in the European Union." Based on the following outline and articles noted within it [from this study guide], what would be the text of your speech?


 * General**

What Happened to Europe (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/opinion/global/what-happened-to-europe.html?hpw

A More Secular Europe, Divided by the Cross http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/18/world/europe/a-more-secular-europe-divided-by-the-cross.html?ref=global-home&pagewanted=all


 * EU External Action Service**

Catherine Ashton: The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy http://www.eeas.europa.eu/ashton/index_en.htm

Q&A: EU External Action Service http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11941411

A day in the life of David O'Sullivan: chief operating officer in the EU's diplomatic service, the EEAS http://euobserver.com/videos/113279

Catherine Ashton's EU Soft Power http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23514483


 * EU military versus NATO**

Nato chief: EU soft power is 'no power at all' []

Who needs Nato, when you have the Lisbon Treaty? http://euobserver.com/defence/119894

Europe's Shrinking Military Spending under Scrutiny []

Better defence spending needed to back up EU 'principles' [|http://euobserver.com/defence/12096]


 * Where the EU is headed**
 * Balance between "Brussels" and national governments**

Top-level discussion glum on state of EU http://euobserver.com/political/121654

How to Legitimize European Union: Decentralize http://blogs.reuters.com/hugo-dixon/2013/07/22/how-to-legitimise-eu-decentralise/

European Union's Unending Quandary http://blogs.reuters.com/john-lloyd/2013/05/21/the-european-unions-unending-quandary/

New era as Brussels tightens its grip on national budgets http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/26/us-eurozone-governance-idUSBRE98P0BS20130926

Spying Scandal Alters U.S. Ties With Allies and Raises Talk of Policy Shift http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/12/world/spying-scandal-alters-us-ties-with-allies-and-raises-talk-of-policy-shift.html?ref=international-home


 * Eurozone**

Skeptics See Euro Eroding European Unity http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/12/business/international/skeptics-see-euro-as-working-against-european-unity.html?ref=international-home&pagewanted=all

Euro zone suffers from integration fatigue http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/25/us-eurozone-integration-fatigue-idUSBRE99O0F620131025

Young and educated in Europe, but desperate for jobs http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/16/world/europe/youth-unemployement-in-europe.html?ref=international-home&_r=0


 * Euroscepticism**

Analysis: UK's Cameron aims to erase EU goal of 'ever closer union' http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/05/us-eu-britain-analysis-idUSBRE97404Z20130805

Britain and the "Quit Europe" Tide http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/27/opinion/britain-and-the-quit-europe-tide.html?hpw&rref=opinion&pagewanted=all


 * Eastern Partnership**

Q & A: EU-Russia battleground http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25088613

EU-Russia rivalry looms over Vilnius summit (great map at bottom of article) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25133721

Europe's failure on Ukraine: Three Lessons http://euobserver.com/opinion/122226

EU and Ukraine: What went wrong? http://euobserver.com/foreign/122218

Ukraine faces E.U.'s Dismay on Turnabout on Accords http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/30/world/europe/european-union-grapples-with-disappointment-over-ukraine.html?hp

Thousands Demand Resignation of Ukraine Leader http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/02/world/europe/thousands-of-protesters-in-ukraine-demand-leaders-resignation.html?hpw&rref=world&pagewanted=all&_r=0


 * Upcoming European Parliament elections (May 2014)**

Balance of power in current European Parliament http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2013/10/24/the-balance-of-power-in-the-current-european-parliament-is-crucial-for-understanding-the-issues-at-stake-in-the-2014-european-elections/

EU voters have not warmed to immigration http://euobserver.com/political/121838

Barroso warns of xenophobia and nationalism http://euobserver.com/tickers/121953

Anti-EU parties plan strategy to woo Europe's voters (Le Pen and Wilders) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24924378


 * Immigration into EU**

Europe turns its eyes to migration policies http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/26/world/europe/europe-turns-its-eye-to-migration-policies-amid-another-sea-rescue.html?ref=international-home

EU leaders reject calls for action on Europe's migration problem http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/25/us-eu-migrants-idUSBRE99O0NB20131025

MEPs approve EU border surveillance system (Eurosur/FRONTEX) http://euobserver.com/justice/121747

The Mediterranean Sea: a migration border http://euobserver.com/opinion/121947


 * Movement within EU**

Q & A: Schengen Agreement http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13194723

Germany to veto Schengen enlargement (Romania and Bulgaria) [March 4, 2013) http://euobserver.com/justice/119261

Dispute over immigration widens between Britain and EU http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/28/world/europe/cameron-urges-limits-on-immigrants-welfare-benefits.html?src=rechp&pagewanted=all

Brussels on guard over UK's Romania, Bulgaria plan http://euobserver.com/justice/122229

Germany and France back UK migration controls http://euobserver.com/tickers/122274