Research Paper

Beltran Justiniano

Luciana Beltran Justiniano

Annotated Bibliography

Daniel Fuertsmann

28 Feb. 2021

Current Status and Future of the EU

Archick, Kristin. “The European Union: Ongoing Challenges and Future Prospects.” EveryCRSReport.com, Congressional Research Service, 3 Dec. 2018, www.everycrsreport.com/reports/R44249.html. Accessed 25 Feb. 2021

Kristin Archick started her article “The European Ongoing Challenges and Future Prospects” by mentioning some characteristics of this organization. She explained when and how it started together with some of its purposes. The author not only triggered by a weel given a summary of what the EU is, but she also provided information of some actual activity of the EU(with some graphics and tables making the argument more credible). For instance, she addresses the issues with the Economic and current political process, some significant challenges they have to go through, and most importantly, she indicated the possible future scenario and the probable next step that the European Union could take. It is a well-written source with a tremendous amount of background information and reliable sources.

“Blenkinsop, Philip. “Analysis: In a Harsher Trade World, EU Arms Itself for Future Conflicts.” Reuters, Thomson Reuters, 9 Feb. 2021, www.reuters.com/article/eu-trade/analysis-in-a-harsher-trade-world-eu-arms-itself-for-future-conflicts-idUSL8N2KF2MA.

The author Philip Blenkinsop made an Analysis about the future conflicts that the European Union might have because of the political changes in the world like Trump’s presidency and some issues with China’s realism. The author added that the EU uses as resources a new strategy even more potent than the one created in 2015. After that, the writer placed his point of view of what might the result of the new regulations of the speaking organization be. Many citations made by President Trump and other politicians are present in the analysis; that way, the readers can understand a little better the EU’s point of view and the why of some decisions that they decided to take.

McNulty, Lucy. “EU Finance Deal May Follow US Model in Blow to Brexit Optimists.” Private Equity News, Private Equity News, 26 Feb. 2021, www.penews.com/articles/eu-finance-deal-may-follow-us-model-in-blow-to-brexit-optimists-20210226.

One of the most spoken topics of the European Union is Brexit. Until these days, the nations are still discussing possible agreements and unresolved issues. The author Lucy McNulty explains how the European Union is dealing with the post-Brexit situation. She added that the organization agreed to share some information with the UK for possible future interactions; nevertheless, Lucy indicated a comment made by some British politician that said that despite the agreement, the countries were not tied to anything and nobody. All the situation is a little confusing since now the US is also involved. With that in mind, the author made a great job of explaining what is happening with that situation.

Press Corner.” European Commission - European Commission, ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_663.

The European Union' addresses some of the most spoken topics in the present day, climate change. The website uploaded an article that the EU is trying to implement new strategies for adapting to climate change. It indicates that the organization is doing everything it can not only for the European country but also internationally. It explains his ideas of how to try to improve climate change, even so, going through world problems as big as the economies of the countries and the worrisome Covid-19t disease. The website provided some background information for keeping the reader informed of what they are trying to change or, more precisely, what to adapt. The information given came together with links and outside sources that worked for an extra hint if the reader wants to investigate a little deeper in the topic.

Wires, News. “EU Leaders Vow to Speed up Vaccine Production at Covid-19 Summit.” France 24, France 24, 25 Feb. 2021, www.france24.com/en/europe/20210225-covid-19-eu-summit-to-debate-slow-vaccine-rollout-travel-certificates.

Due to the current world situation, complicated decisions are a big part of the EU’s problems. It is going through a complicated decision process, such as how is the best way to get vaccinated against covid-19 and new alternatives to fight against the virus. Given that, News Wires is informing us of a videoconference meeting of the EU heads and some of its possible decisions for fighting against the covid 19. The concerns are real. The virus is not dying yet; for that reason, the EU is looking for ways of accelerating the vaccination process. The website presented that the EU wants to remain with substantial restrictions because of the high number of coronavirus cases and deaths. Nevertheless, on the videoconference, many arguments argued that the acceleration of its process might not be safe and probably impossible to carry out. Throughout the whole news, the participants’ comments are cited along with the video of the event. This website provided an excellent and clear summary of the discussion made on that video, adding some clarifying comments for giving the reader a betters understanding of the conclusion.