V. Fill in prepositions, where necessary

1. … adding this inter-governmental cooperation … the existing "Community" system, the Maastricht Treaty created the European Union.

2. Economic and political integration … the member states … the European Union means that these countries have to take joint decisions … many matters.

3. … addition thirteen specialized agencies have been set … to handle certain essentially technical, scientific, or management tasks.

4. It took some time … the Member States to remove all the barriers to trade … them and to turn their "common market" … a genuine single market.

5. The Commission traditionally upholds the interests … the Union as a whole, while each national government is represented … the Council.

6. The ECSC was such a success that, … a few years, these same six countries decided to go further and integrate other sectors … their economies.

7. The European Union is built … an institutional system which is the only one … its kind … the world.

8. The member states set … removing trade barriers … them and forming a "common market".

9. The need … environmental protection is now taken … account … the whole range … EU policies.

10. The Treaty … Maastricht introduced new forms … cooperation … the member state governments.

VI. Fill in articles where necessary

1. Economic and political integration between … member states of … European Union means that these countries have to take joint decisions on many matters.

2. In … early days … focus was on … common commercial policy for coal and steel and … common agricultural policy.

3. … Commission traditionally upholds … interests of … Union as … whole, while each national government is represented within … Council.

4. … EU negotiates major trade and aid agreements with other countries and is developing … Common Foreign and Security Policy.

5. … European Union is built on … institutional system which is … only one of its kind in … world.

6. … European Union's relations with … rest of … world have also become important.

7. … French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman proposed integrating … coal and steel industries of … Western Europe.

8. … need for environmental protection is now taken into account across … whole range of … EU policies.

9. … treaty of Nice lays down new rules governing … size of … EU institutions and … way they work.

10. To ensure that … EU can continue … functioning efficiently with 25 or more members, its decision-making system must be streamlined.

VII. Complete the following sentences filling in appropriate words from the box

accessions; Commission; common market; cooperation; Council; environmental protection; European Economic Community; European Union; institutional system; institutions; integration; member state; represent; Security Policy; set about; structure.

1. Democracy and the rule of law are the cornerstones of the … .

2. Economic and political … between the member states of the … means that these countries have to take joint decisions on many matters.

3. The … traditionally upholds the interests of the Union as a whole, while each national government is represented within the … .

4. The EU negotiates major trade and aid agreements with other countries and is developing a Common Foreign and … .

5. The … has grown in size with successive waves of … .

6. The European Union is built on an … which is the only one of its kind in the world.

7. The Member States delegate sovereignty for certain matters to independent … which … the interests of the Union as a whole, its member countries and its citizens.

8. The member states … removing trade barriers between them and forming a … .

9. The need for … is now taken into account across the whole range of EU policies.

10. The Treaty of Maastricht introduced new forms of … between the … governments.