[Assam] European Union and South Asian Federation

[Chan Mahanta]

Precisely!






On Jun 10, 2010, at 12:48 PM, Dilip and Dil Deka wrote:

> I am sure most netters have read european history and know how  
> viciously the european tribes (and subsequently nations) fought for  
> centuries. World wars I and II were fought in Europe. If those  
> people can form an economic and political union for the sake of  
> survival, what is wrong in expecting India, Pakistan and Bangladesh  
> (also Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan possibly) to form a federation?
> There are 27 members in the EU and it is growing.
> Dilip
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> The continental territories of the member states of the European  
> Union (European Communities pre-1993), animated in order of accession.
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> Albania
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> Austria
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> Belarus
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> Belgium
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> Bos.
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> Bulgaria
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> Croatia
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> Cyprus
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> Czech
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> Denmark
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> Estonia
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> Finland
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> France
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> Germany
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> Greece
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> Hungary
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> Iceland
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> Ireland
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> Italy
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> Latvia
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> Lithuania
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> Luxembourg
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> Moldova
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> Mont.
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> Netherlands
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> Norway
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> Poland
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> Portugal
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> Romania
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> Russia
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> Serbia
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> Slovakia
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> Slovenia
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> Spain
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> Sweden
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> Turkey
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> Ukraine
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> European Union is composed of 27 sovereign Member States: Austria,  
> Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,  
> Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,  
> Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,  
> Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United  
> Kingdom.[30]
> The Union's membership has grown from the original six founding  
> states—Belgium, France, (then-West) Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and  
> the Netherlands—to the present day 27 by successive enlargements as  
> countries acceded to the treaties and by doing so, pooled their  
> sovereignty in exchange for representation in the institutions.[31]
> To join the EU a country must meet the Copenhagen criteria, defined  
> at the 1993 Copenhagen European Council. These require a stable  
> democracy that respects human rights and the rule of law; a  
> functioning market economy capable of competition within the EU; and  
> the acceptance of the obligations of membership, including EU law.  
> Evaluation of a country's fulfilment of the criteria is the  
> responsibility of the European Council.[32]
> No member state has ever left the Union, although Greenland (an  
> autonomous province of Denmark) withdrew in 1985. The Lisbon Treaty  
> now provides a clause dealing with how a member leaves the EU.
> There are three official candidate countries, Croatia, Macedonia and  
> Turkey. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and  
> Iceland are officially recognised as potential candidates.[33]  
> Kosovo is also listed as a potential candidate but the European  
> Commission does not list it as an independent country because not  
> all member states recognise it as an independent country separate  
> from Serbia.[34]
> Four Western European countries that have chosen not to join the EU  
> have partly committed to the EU's economy and regulations: Iceland,  
> which has now applied for membership, Liechtenstein and Norway,  
> which are a part of the single market through the European Economic  
> Area, and Switzerland, which has similar ties through bilateral  
> treaties.[35][36] The relationships of the European microstates,  
> Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican include the use of the  
> euro and other areas of co-operation.[37]
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