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Originally posted by Dermo
Originally posted by anonymousproxy
12 stars is 12 members
Em..
Except that the EU has 27 states..
And the EUROZONE has 16..
Originally posted by anonymousproxy
wow! thats amazing... i wounder what that euro sign meant for he Nazi's maybe a bit more digging in the symbols of europe anyone?
Originally posted by Iluna
Originally posted by anonymousproxy
wow! thats amazing... i wounder what that euro sign meant for he Nazi's maybe a bit more digging in the symbols of europe anyone?
The ties are sometimes much closer than you can imagine
Let's take Walter Hallstein as an example.
He was a nazi lawyer and co author of Law for protection of german blood and german honor.
After WWII he did sign the Rome Treaties (special files 904) with germanies first chancellor Adenauer.
The rome treaties had been the founding documents for the european union.
[edit on 14-5-2010 by Iluna]
establishing a Constitution for Europe on the symbols of the European Union:
Article I-8
The symbols of the Union
The flag of the Union shall be a circle of twelve golden stars on a blue background.
The anthem of the Union shall be based on the ‘Ode to Joy’ from the Ninth Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven.
The motto of the Union shall be: ‘United in diversity’.
The currency of the Union shall be the euro.
Europe day shall be celebrated on 9 May throughout the Union.
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Declaration 52
When the symbols of the European Union were left outside the Lisbon Treaty, sixteen EU member states made a joint declaration (52), where they saw the symbols as expressions of a sense of community of the people of the European Union and declared their allegiance to it:
52. Declaration by the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Austria, the Portuguese Republic, Romania, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic on the symbols of the European Union
Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Hungary, Malta, Austria, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia and the Slovak Republic declare that the flag with a circle of twelve golden stars on a blue background, the anthem based on the ‘Ode to Joy’ from the Ninth Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, the motto ‘United in diversity’, the euro as the currency of the European Union and Europe Day on 9 May will for them continue as symbols to express the sense of community of the people in the European Union and their allegiance to it.
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Symbols and deeds?
If sixteen EU member states have declared faith in a sense of community, we can ask about the eleven who have not.
What is the view of the outsiders: the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, France, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom with regard to the European project?
Is there a link between endorsing the EU symbols and contributing to European integration in a spirit of solidarity?
Are some member states better Europeans than others?
Are symbols important?
Originally posted by Iluna
Originally posted by anonymousproxy
wow! thats amazing... i wounder what that euro sign meant for he Nazi's maybe a bit more digging in the symbols of europe anyone?
The ties are sometimes much closer than you can imagine
Let's take Walter Hallstein as an example.
He was a nazi lawyer and co author of Law for protection of german blood and german honor.
After WWII he did sign the Rome Treaties (special files 904) with germanies first chancellor Adenauer.
The rome treaties had been the founding documents for the european union.
[edit on 14-5-2010 by Iluna]
Originally posted by ThraexX
Yes the are!
Originally posted by anonymousproxy
the first 12 members to sign up
The number of stars has nothing to do with the number of Member States. There are twelve stars because the number twelve is traditionally the symbol of perfection, completeness and unity. The flag therefore remains unchanged regardless of EU enlargements.
In the closing months of World War II, defeat was looming for the Germans. The invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944 -- D-Day -- opened a second Allied front, and the Allies began overtaking a host of German positions; Paris was liberated on August 25; Romania and Bulgaria surrendered in quick succession. But the Nazis did not intend to go down without a fight -- and without inflicting as much damage as possible on the Allies. To do so, they employed or planned to employ an increasingly deadly array of military weapons -- from ballistic missiles to rocket planes to, perhaps, the atomic bomb. The British, American, and Russian governments were not content to sit idly by, waiting to be slammed by the advanced technology. Covert teams of commandos and agents were sent ahead of the front lines and deep into Germany, hunting for both the weapons and the scientists and engineers who'd created them. For British and American operatives, failure was not an option. If they didn't capture the Nazi technology and scientists, agents of the burgeoning Soviet Union might -- and that could spell disaster in a post-war world already feeling the chill of the impending cold war. Allied agents focused their efforts on three key Nazi technologies:
Originally posted by anonymousproxy
So, as you explained the commandos went after the scientist but what am trying to ask is, the Nazi's are still around and in power am asking why is this if they had a war and lost?
Originally posted by anonymousproxy
What i can;t get around is that there was a war between the Nazi's
Originally posted by alienesque
but..where does it say that this man was co-author of that rubbish?
Originally posted by Dermo
The EU never had a first twelve members..
Originally posted by Breizhoo
Remember that this is still the EEC, not the EU.
In 1992, these 12 countries signed the Maastricht Treaty, which turned the EEC into the EU. Hence the EU did have 12 original membres.