European Union Dbq Essay

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Did the EU’s goal of shared peace between lots of different cultures and people work out? The European Union, also known as the EU is a supranational organization that consists of 28 different countries. The EU was made to bring together countries that were torn apart by the war and to create peace between those countries. The EU works toward shared goals and issues yet remain separate countries all the same. The benefits of being a member in the European Union does not outweigh the costs due to loss of sovereignty, social unrest and peace, economic issues, and cultural identity with the diversity of languages and cultures.

The European Union is currently undergoing economic struggles within its countries. Since joining the EU, Greece’s …show more content…

This creates a “delicate issue facing the new Europe is how to create a common foundation without carpeting over the continent’s rich tapestry of peoples, languages, cuisines, and cultures” (Doc F). Many countries are very proud of their origin and culture and they don’t want that taken away from them. Even though sometimes it might have to be. Every important document or law that is presented in the EU has to be translated into every language that exists in the EU to make sure that all people can understand what’s happening. So, “the union employs some 4,000 interpreters and translators” everyday (Doc F). This can become very costly since there are so many languages that things need to be translated too. Herr Eisenhauer stated that “European culture is a bouquet of flowers...Together they are beautiful. But the rose is still a rose, and the tulip is a tulip. This must be preserved” (Doc F). This is saying that all of the different cultures and languages make the EU beautiful and different. But, there are still roses which is all the difficulties having to translate and costs of these interpreters and translators. Then tulips that are each country's culture and the way they do things, and that these things shouldn’t be taken away from, or in other words, they must be preserved. Being a member of the EU and having a different culture and language then other countries make being a member a disadvantage. It’s a disadvantage because all countries want to keep their way of things and not join the union and have to follow European

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