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common borders and managing migration fairly and firmly); supporting people,strengthening our societies and our social model (sustaining and improving thequality of life we enjoy today in Europe by promoting social fairness in themodern economy, strengthening solidarity among citizens by reuniting oursocieties and supporting young people, and ensuring equal opportunities forall); sustaining our quality of life: food security, water and nature (building acompetitive and resilient agriculture and food system and safeguardingbiodiversity to support our farmers and safeguard our healthy food, adaptingand preparing for a changing climate to be ready to help those affected);protecting our democracy, upholding our values (protecting and defendingdemocracy and increasing societal resilience and preparedness, strengtheningthe rule of law for a fair and well-functioning society, championing civicengagement and participation to bring citizens%u2019 ideas to the heart of policymaking); global Europe: leveraging our power and partnerships (working onenlarging the EU to increase our influence on the global stage, focusing on ourwider neighbourhood to promote peace, partnerships and economicstability, pursuing a new economic foreign policy and reforming the internationalsystem to make it fit for today%u2019s world); delivering together and preparing ourunion for the future (developing a simpler, more impactful EU budget to deliverfunds where they matter the most, implementing reforms to ensure the properfunctioning of a larger union and strengthening the partnership between theEuropean Commission and the European Parliament to help us deliver moreeffectively together).ConclusionThe driving force behind the formation of the EU, the earliest and the mostinfluential of all existing integration schemes, was the political unity of Europewith the aim of realising peace on the continent. The EU has experienced thevery inspiring processes of deepening integration and enlarging the EU. Thefunctioning of the EU is made by an efficient EU institutional framework. Its roleis to guide the development of the EU Member States, and to react to ongoingchallenges by defining strategic priorities. The EU legal system is of great importance for doing business in the EU.Thanks to the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States, the conditionsfor doing business in individual Member States are similar in many areas. EUlaw significantly simplifies doing business abroad and saves costs forentrepreneurs. At the same time, the EU has created a system that guaranteesthe protection of the rights of EU citizens and entrepreneurs throughout theunion.201 Citizen Commitment