EU - ARMENIAEU - ARMENIAEU - ARMENIAEU - ARMENIA

Armenia - FactsArmenia - Facts• Location: Southwestern Asia• Country name: Republic of Armenia • Capital: Yerevan• Area: 29,800 sq km • Land boundaries: total: 1,254 km

border countries: Azerbaijan-proper 566 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave 221 km, Georgia 164 km, Iran 35 km, Turkey 268 km

• Climate: highland continental, hot summers, cold winters

• Population: 2,968,586 (July 2008 est.) • Administrative divisions: 10

provinces (marzer, singular - marz); Aragatsotn, Ararat, Armavir, Gegharkunik, Kotayk, Lorri, Shirak, Syunik, Tavush, Vayots Dzor

• Constitution:Constitution:

• Adopted by nationwide referendum 5 July 1995; • amendments adopted through a nationwide referendum 27 November

2005

• Legal system:Legal system:

Based on civil law system

• Chief of state: President Serzh SARGSYAN (since 9 April 2008)

• Executive branch:Executive branch:

– head of government: Prime Minister Tigran SARGSYAN (since 9 April 2008)

– cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term)

• Legislative branchLegislative branch

Unicameral National Assembly (Parliament) or Azgayin Zhoghov • 131 seats • members elected by popular vote • 90 members elected by party list • 41 by direct vote to serve four-year terms

• Judicial branchJudicial branch

Constitutional Court; Court of Cassation, Appeals Court

• International organization participationInternational organization participation

ACCT (observer), ADB, BSEC, CE, CIS, CSTO, EAEC (observer), EAPC, EBRD, FAO, GCTU, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM (observer), OAS (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

ArmeniaArmenia

• GDP (PPP) 2007: $17.15 billion

• GDP (PPP) per capita 2007: $4,900

• GDP - real growth rate: 13.8% (2007 est.)

EUEU

• GDP (PPP) 2007: $14.38 trillion  

• GDP (PPP)per capita 2007: $32,300

• GDP - real growth rate: 3% (2007 est.)

Integration into European Integration into European StructuresStructures

• 1991 - EU-Armenia cooperation through the TACIS programme • 1992 - official recognition of the independence of the Republic of Armenia by

the European Community

• 22 April 1996 - Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) between Armenia, the EC and its fifteen Member States (covering all areas except defence; entered into force on 1 July 1999 )

• 14 June 2004 - EC decision to incorporate the countries of the Southern Caucasus into the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)

• 23 March, 2006 - The National Programme for Implementation of the PCA between the EU and Armenia was adopted by the Government of the Republic of Armenia

• November 14, 2006 - 2007-2013 ENP Action Plan (ENP AP) for Armenia adopted in Brussels at the EU-Armenia Cooperation Council

DEVELOPMENTS IN ARMENIADEVELOPMENTS IN ARMENIA

• Country Strategy Paper (CSP) 2007-2013 - covering the EC financial assistance to Armenia under the new European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI)

• ENPI National Indicative Programme (NIP) 2007-2010 MMain prioritiesain priorities

– Strengthening of Democratic Structures and Good Governance – Support for Regulatory Reform and Administrative Capacity

Building

– Support for Poverty Reduction Efforts

EU-Member states as of 2007: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Cyprus, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary.Waiting : Turkey, Croatia, FYROM, Bosnia & Herzegovina

EU enlargementsEU enlargements

Building EuropeFrom EEC of 6 to EU of 27

Belgium

France

Luxembourg

Deutschland

Italy

Netherlands

1957

Treaty of Rome

Denmark

UK

Ireland

2nd1973 Greece

3rd1981

Portugal

Spain

4th 1986Finnland

Austria

Sweden

5th 1995 Estonia Latvia

Lithuania Malta

Poland Slovakia

Slovenia Czech Republic

Hungary Cyprus

6th 2004 7th 2007Bulgaria

Romania

Waiting :

Balkans + Turkey

New Member StatesNew Member StatesNew Member StatesNew Member States

Poland (38,2 Mil. people )

Czech Republic (10,2 Mil.)

Hungary (10,2 Mil.)

Slovakia (5,4 Mil.)

Lithuania (3,5 Mil.)

Latvia (2,3 Mil.)

Slovenia (2 Mil.)

Estonia (1,4 Mil.)

Bulgaria (7,7 Mil)

Cyprus (709.000)

Malta (395.000)

Romania (21,8 Mil )

FactsFacts FactsFacts

• Population(2007):– EU-15: 380 Mln.– EU-27: 490 Mln.

• GDP (2006)

– EU-25: 10.816 Bln €– US 10.037 Bln €

Bodies of the European UnionBodies of the European Union

European Council(ER)

European Council(ER)

European Parliament(EP)

European Parliament(EP)

European Commission

(EC)

European Commission

(EC)

Council of the European Union

(Council)

Council of the European Union

(Council)

European Economic and social committee

(EESC)

European Economic and social committee

(EESC)

European Court of Justice

European Court of Justice

European Court of auditors

European Court of auditors

Committee of the regions(CoR)

Committee of the regions(CoR)

European CouncilEuropean Council

• Heads of governments of 27 member states and the President of the European Commission

• Highest decision making body – sets major policies of EU

• Meets 4 times per year• As EU-Summit in focus of

media interest

Council of the European Union (Council of ministers)

Council of the European Union (Council of ministers)

• Representing the interests of the 27 member states

• Meets in 9 different groups (e.g. agriculture, finance)

• Law making body together with Parliament

• Has the highest competence

• Member states have different numbers of votes related to their population

Shares of votesShares of votes• Different voting procedures:

Council decides unanimously , in procedural questions sometimes with simple majority.

• Simple majority of Member States 255 of 345 votes

• Shares are related to the population of member states, smaller states are preferred in proportion.

Votes States

3 Malta

4 Luxemburg, Cyprus, Estonia, Slovenia, Latvia

7 Lithuania, Ireland, Finland, Denmark, Slovakia

10 Austria, Sweden, Bulgaria

12 Portugal, Hungary, Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece

13 Netherlands

14 Romania

27 Poland, Spain

29 Italy, France, United Kingdom, Germany

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament• Represents all European

citizens• Members are elected

secretly; free and common elections for five years

• 785 members in 8 political groups (number of seats per country are related to the size of population)

• Has the right of legislative co-decisions in most policies and is final instance for the EU budget

European Commission European Commission

• acts in the name of all 27 members by - realizing EU policies and supervising the rule of common law - initiating new legislation - executing decisions of the Council and the Parliament and runs the budget

• has 27 Commissioners and about 25.000 administrative staff• has 40 Directorates General

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