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EUROPE NOW Erasmus students in Manchester, the United Kingdoms / Photo: Facebook ID: MMUnion Erasmus & International The planned European Extremely Large Telescope /Swinburne Astronomy Productions/ESO@European Southern Observatory/CC BY A cafe house in Paris/ Roboppy@Wikipedia/CC-Zero 9

EUROPE THEN A parade of German tanks in Paris (1941) / Bundesarchiv, N 1576 Bild-007/ Herrmann, Ernst/ CC-BY-SA Destruction in a Berlin street (1945) / Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-R09876 / CC-BY-SA The French and Belgian troops occupied the German Ruhr region in 1923/ No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit @Imperial War Museums/ CC BY 10

BUILDING LASTING PEACE AFTER WWII The Schuman Declaration - 9 May 1950 Schuman Declaration / European Union 11

DEVELOPMENT SINCE THE SCHUMAN DECLARATION 1. An Expanding Agenda (Structure) The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), 1951 The European Economic Community (EEC), 1957 The European Union (EU), 1993 12

1. An Expanding Agenda (Matters involved) Vehicle License Plates Ireland Germany Coal bituminous/ Minerals in Your World@ wikipedia/CC-Zero Steel wire rope/ Johannes Hemmerlein@ wikipedia/BY-SA ECSC Finland Common European market: Free movement of goods, capital, services, and people European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) EUROJUST EUROPOL (European Police) 13

2. An Enlargement of Membership from 6 to 28 European Union Enlargement / Ssolbergj@Wikipedia/ CC BY-SA 14

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SIGNIFICANCE In 2012, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the European Union because

"for over six decades [it has] contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe"

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José Manuel Barroso President of the

European Commission

Herman Van Rompuy President of the

European Council

Martin Schulz President of the

European Parliament

Award ceremony of the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize to the EU / P-022380/00-07@European Union, 2013/ CC BY 16

CONCLUSION Ana Fanlo Vicente (12, Spain): winner of the “Peace, Europe, Future” drawing competition 17

REFLECTION Can this mode of building peace be applied in Asia?

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“Asian Union”

perhaps? (Think about Japan and China) Anti-China Protest in Tyoko / [email protected]@Flickr/ CC BY-SA Anti-Japan Protest in Shanghai / acina@Flickr/ CC BY-NC 18