When Austria became a member of the European Union, the Austrian variety of the German language — limited to 23 agricultural terms — was " protected " in Protocol No 10, regarding the use of specific Austrian terms of the German language in the framework of the European Union, which forms part of the Austrian EU accession treaty.

* 2005 – Bulgaria and Romania sign accession treaties to join the European Union.

The accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union is one of the main political objectives of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

With the accession of Bulgaria to the European Union on January 1, 2007, Cyrillic became the third official alphabet of the EU.

In 1553 the accession of Mary I drove Ochino, and hundreds of other European exiles, from England.

It applied in 2003, and began with accession negotiations in 2005 ( see also: Accession of Croatia to the European Union ).

The two most important policy objectives in this regard have been accession into NATO and the European Union, achieved in March and May 2004 respectively.

The flag was used widely in a 2007 European March in Minsk as protesters rallied in support of democracy and accession to the EU.

The Unity Party and Socialist People's Party ( Greens ) were against accession to the European Union, but only the Unity Party has withdrawal from the EU as a policy.

The Independence Party and Centre Party were against accession to the EU, but only the Independence Party still wants Estonia to withdraw from the European Union.

The Left Party of Sweden was against accession to the European Union and still wants Sweden to leave the European Union.

Swiss Democrats, Ticino League, Swiss People's Party are against accession of Switzerland to the European Union.

Since German reunification in 1990, and the accession of some Central European and Baltic States into the European Union in 2004, the Port of Hamburg has restarted ambitions for regaining its position as the region's largest deep-sea port for container shipping and its major commercial and trading centre.

The process of accession was completed on January 1, 1995, when Finland joined the European Union along with Austria and Sweden.

Under some conventions – e. g. the European Convention on Human Rights – individuals or states are permitted, subject to certain conditions, to take individual cases to the enforcement mechanisms ; under most, however ( e. g. the UN conventions ), individual access is contingent on the acceptance of that right by the relevant state party, either by a declaration at the time of ratification or accession, or through ratification of or accession to an optional protocol to the convention.

Simultaneously, institutional and legal adjustments were continued, resulting from the accession to the European Union.

On 7 and 8 June 2003, 77. 45 % of the referendum participants voted in favor of Poland ’ s accession to the European Union.

On May 1, 2004, together with President Kwaśniewski, he was in Dublin, taking part in the Grand Ceremony of accession of 10 states, including Poland, to the European Union.

Bulgaria has proposed to sign a treaty ( based on that 1999 Joint Declaration ) guaranteeing the good neighbourly relations between the two countries, to enable Bulgarian support for the accession of the Republic of Macedonia to the European Union.

* 1979 – Constantine Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community.

I was having lunch not long ago ( apologies to N. V. Peale ) with three distinguished historians ( one specializing in the European Middle Ages, one in American history, and one in the Far East ), and I asked them if they could name instances where the general mores had been radically changed with `` deliberate speed, majestic instancy '' ( Francis Thompson's words for the Hound Of Heaven's Pursuit ) by judicial fiat.

He dabbled in verse, could get along well among most of the European languages, and was fluent in French and German.

the pope was playing a dangerous game, with so many balls in the air at once that a misstep would bring them all about his ears, and his only hope was to temporize so that he could take advantage of every change in the delicate balance of European affairs.

To do so, something was necessary beyond volunteering because there was little glamour or romance in the European war ; ;

Another powerful factor in the European movement was the threat of Soviet aggression.

In 1952, the European Coal and Steel Community was launched, placing the coal and steel production of France, West Germany, Italy and Benelux under a supranational High Authority.

For a time it appeared that a common European army might be created, but the project for a European Defense Community was rejected by the French National Assembly in 1954.

In 1957 the social-economic approach to European integration was capped by the formation among `` the Six '' of a tariff-free European Common Market, and Euratom for cooperation in the development of atomic energy.

Political interference in Africa and Asia and even in Latin America ( though limited in Latin America by the special interest of the United States as expressed in the Monroe Doctrine, itself from the outset related to European politics and long dependent upon the `` balance of power '' system in Europe ) was necessary in order to preserve both common economic values and the European `` balance '' itself.

Wheaton stated that the public law was essentially `` limited to the civilized and Christian peoples of Europe or to those of European origin ''.

Now, with virtually every writer, not only was the European origin of public law acknowledged as a historical phenomenon, but the rules thus established by the advanced civilizations of Europe were to be imposed on others.

The European customs on which international law was based were to become, by force and fiat, the customs that others were to accept as law if they were to join this community as sovereign states.

Hall, for example, was quite explicit on this point when he said states outside European civilization must formally enter into the circle of law-governed countries.

In some ways, studying the language, culture, physiology, and artifacts of European colonies was not unlike studying the flora and fauna of those places.

It is a popular belief that alchemists made contributions to the " chemical " industries of the day — ore testing and refining, metalworking, production of gunpowder, ink, dyes, paints, cosmetics, leather tanning, ceramics, glass manufacture, preparation of extracts, liquors, and so on ( it seems that the preparation of aqua vitae, the " water of life ", was a fairly popular " experiment " among European alchemists ).

Python was the good daemon ( αγαθός δαίμων ) of the temple as it appears in Minoan religion, but she was represented as a dragon, as often happens in Northern European folklore as well as in the East.

* In the year 1000, the Icelander Leif Ericson was the first European to set foot on North American soil, corresponding to today's Eastern coast of Canada, i. e. the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, including the area of land named " Vinland " by Ericson.

His son Snorri Thorfinnsson was the first American born ( somewhere between 1010 and 1013 ) to European ( Icelandic ) immigrant parents.

The road between Lubango and Namibe, for example, was completed recently with funding from the European Union, and is comparable to many European main routes.

Bulgaria has delayed building some key highway connections since the 1990s, but European Union membership is a strong incentive for completion.

By shutting down the German industry the Allies disrupted intra-European trade, a trade that was vital for European recovery, and they thereby delayed European economic recovery.

Although the term Baroque is conventionally used for European music from about 1600, its full effects were not felt in Britain until after 1660, delayed by native trends and developments in music, religious and cultural differences from many European countries and the disruption to court music caused by the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and Interregnum.

During this period the fractious relations between European and US leaders threatened the stability of the trans-Atlantic alliance and delayed any co-ordinated response to the bloodshed taking place in the collapsing Yugoslavia.

At Flamanville there is a nuclear power plant, where the second European Pressurized Reactor in the world is being constructed, with commissioning delayed to 2016 or later.

The FEFEO was created on paper by General de Gaulle in October 1943, however the actual composition of a full scale expeditionary force-the C. L. I ./ Gaur were small specialized units-dedicated to liberate French Indohina from the outnumbering Japanese forces was delayed as the European theatre of operations, and the liberation of metropolitan France, became a top priority for deployment of the limited French forces.

The game's initially scheduled European release date of February 22, 2002, nearly three months after the other releases, was delayed another two weeks.

The Hungarian enlightenment delayed about fifty years compared to the Western European enlightenment.

It was shown at several video game trade shows, including E3, the Nintendo Gamers Summit, the Games Conference, and the European Computer Trade Show, It was once announced for a North American release on September 22, 2003, but was delayed.

Whilst the Danish opposition opposed the treaty because they said it would increase the powers of the European Parliament, the Italian government delayed in signing for the opposite concern: that, in their opinion, it would not give the European Parliament enough power.

This delayed the release of DualDisc titles in Europe, with them eventually hitting European shores in September 2005.

The Hungarian enlightenment was delayed about fifty years compared to the Western European enlightenment.

The Victor 9000 met with significant success in Europe, as IBM delayed the European launch of its PC for 18 months giving time for the Sirius to build up a commanding lead for a short time.

However, finalisation of the Programme has been delayed due to the EU regulation that would give legal basis to European Council agreement on voluntary modulation, a method of funding which switches money from direct payments to farmers to Rural Development Programmes, having been blocked by the European Parliament.

This has been changed in recent years: in 2001 they were delayed while an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease was dealt with, and in 2004 and 2009 they were delayed to coincide with elections for the European Parliament.

Following his resignation from the European Parliament, he started working on a new TV news magazine called AnnoZero ( Year Zero ) broadcast on Rai Due and Raisat Extra and initially scheduled to be aired first on April 27, 2006 ; its debut was however delayed and it started on September 14.

In February 2007, Bieber's case was delayed due to a European Court of Human Rights review on whether lifelong imprisonment is a violation of human rights.

NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Boerse AG delayed the deadline for completing their merger until March 31, 2012 as the exchange operators try to persuade European regulators to approve the deal.

Although Poland did not become a member of the European Broadcasting Union ( EBU ) until 1993, earlier Contests had often been broadcast on Telewizja Polska ( TVP ), the Polish broadcaster-even if delayed.