BMUN LXIX EU

Below is a glossary of all of the acronyms you may want to reference during conference and their explanations! EU Related Terms ECSC - European Coal and Steel Community, proposed by Robert Schumann in 1950 and adopted in 1952 including the founding members of the EU: Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. EEC - European Economic community, or “common market,” created by the Treaty of Rome in 1957. Renamed the EC by the TEU. TEU - The Treaty on European Union, or “Maastricht Treaty,” forms the EU in 1993. Euratom - European Atomic Energy Community EC - European Community, new name of the EEC EMU - European Monetary Union, outlined in the TEU, sets up the eurozone. V4 - Visegrád Group: The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia CFSP - Common Foreign and Security Policy, the EU’s broad foreign policy outline CSDP - Common Security and Defense Policy, subgroup of the CFSP focusing on the EDU EDU - European Defense Union, defense structure of the EU wi...

Delegates, I hope everyone is excited for conference at the end of this week! Please stay on the lookout for emails and blog posts this week containing a bit more information to help you brush up before conference. This year has definitely been challenging as we have had to switch to an online format during the pandemic. And although this year has been hard on everyone, I hope there have been small moments of reflection and gratitude for each of us. One of my small moments of gratitude this year has been the opportunity to head the European Union committee at this year's BMUN conference. My dais and I are very excited to see listen and learn alongside each of you at conference. This post here shall serve as the main logistical post concerning our committee, the European Union.  There are three main websites that will help you prepare for conference this week. The main website ( bmun.org ) will be your go-to for logistical answers like finding the conference schedule . Huxley ( huxl...