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According to [http://europa.eu.int/ ''Europa'' (the European Union Online)], the official web site of the '''European Union''', the EU is "a family of democratic European countries, committed to working together for peace and prosperity. It is not a State intended to replace existing states, but it is more than any other international organisation. The EU is, in fact, unique. Its Member States have set up common institutions to which they delegate some of their sovereignty so that decisions on specific matters of joint interest can be made democratically at European level." [http://europa.eu.int/abc/index_en.htm]
==International trade==
===EU ban Ban on hormone treated farm animals and imports from & U.S. and Canada/Canadian imports===Since 1995, the [[European Union]] has prohibited the treatment of any farm animals with sex hormones, which includes a ban on hormone treated meat from the U.S. and Canada. The U.S. asserts that that hormone-treated meat is safe because ''"sex hormones only promote human cancers in hormone-sensitive tissues, such as the female breast and uterus".'' According to the U.S. there is a ''"threshold '' " for acceptable levels of hormones and that U.S. agriculture is well regulated so as not to exceed acceptable levels. <ref>Peter Montague [http://www.organicconsumers.org/Monsanto/rach666.cfm The Bad Seed], Organic Consumers Association; Environmental Research FoundationRachel's Environment & Health Weekly, #666, September 1999</ref> However, according to a 136 page report compiled by an EU scientific committee, <ref>European Commission [http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg24/health/sc/scv/out21_en.html Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Veterinary Measures Relating to Public Health; Assessment of Potential Risks to Human Health from Hormone Residues in Bovine Meat and Meat Products], European Commission, April 1999</ref> hormones are carcenogenic due to interference with DNA. Therefore, there is no ''safe threshold'' (except zero). <ref>Michael Balter [http://intl.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/284/5419/1453 Scientific Cross-Claims Fly in Continuing Beef War], Science, May 1999, Vol 284, pgs. 1453-1455</ref>
EU also tested 258 meat sample from the ''"Hormone Free Cattle program'' " run by the U.S. beef industry and the [[U.S. Department of Agriculture]](USDA); whose purpose it is to produce beef which meets European requirements. The test revealed that 12% of ''hormone free'' cattle had been treated with sex hormones. EU cites this as evidence that growth hormones are poorly regulated the U.S. According to the E.U.:'':"Where scientific evidence is not black and white, policy should err on the side of caution so that there is zero risk to the consumer.'' "<ref>Alex Scott [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-90774796.html Europe's Beef Ban Tests Precautionary Principle], Highbeam Research; Chemical Week, August 1999</ref>, <ref>Peter Montague [http://www.organicconsumers.org/Monsanto/rach666.cfm The Bad Seed], Organic Consumers Association; Environmental Research FoundationRachel's Environment & Health Weekly, #666, September 1999</ref>, <ref>Lynn Truong [http://www.wisebread.com/the-cost-of-meat-the-public-health-argument The Cost of Meat—The Public Health Argument], Wisebread, May 2007</ref>. See also [[Meat meat & Dairy dairy industry]], sections section 4.7 and 4.7.1.
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*[[Animal testing]]
*[[Anti-Common Market League]]
*[[Campaign against Euro Federalism]]
*[[Council of Europe]]
*[[European Community and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions]]
*[[European Parliament]]
*[[EU Reporter]]
*[[globalization]]
*Richard Bernstein, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/04/international/europe/04EURO.html?th "Europe's Vision of Unity Meets Headwinds,"] ''New York Times'', December 4, 2003: "...the recent reality of the union has been a series of crises and disagreements that have led some analysts to wonder if it can work at all with so many members of such different sizes and interests."
*Stephen Castle, [http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=484151 "EU plans charter flights to speed up deportations,"] ''Independent/UK'', January 24, 2004: "Charter flights are to be used to repatriate failed asylum-seekers and other [[illegal immigrants]] under a new �30m (£20m) initiative announced by EU ministers. ... A new European agency for border control will co-ordinate returns by EU member states in an effort to help stem the rising numbers of economic migrants crossing borders. ... While control of the repatriation policy will remain with national governments, the agency will arrange charter flights if groups of countries have sufficient numbers of people to return to make economic sense."
* Sara Mesa [http://www.hsus.org/hsi/confronting_cruelty/fur/dog_and_cat_fur/eu_looks_to_ban_dog_and_cat_fur.html Despite Initial Resistance, the EU Searches for a Way to Ban Dog and Cat Fur], Humane Society International, July 2005
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