Please submit your group’s background/position paper, 5 to 6 pages, not including bibliography (create a separate page for your bibliography). Your paper should be double-spaced, Times New Roman font, with the font size of 12. Please save it as a Word or a PDF document. Your paper is due on Sunday, May 2, 11:59 pm. Only one submission per group. The group leader should upload the paper. Please include the names of all of the people who worked on your paper at the top of the first page.

Grading rubric

• 15 points – the content of the paper includes all of the required information and is supported with references (with proper in-text citations)
• 5 points – the paper uses the subheadings and has the correct formatting
• 2 points – the paper is of a correct length
• 3 points – the paper has the bibliography page (any style)
• 5 points – your peers’ evaluation of your workHaoming Li, Logan Schweitzer, Neha Sunil, Lily Varley, Jiahong XinDr. ir

European Union Chocolate Battle – Background information for the “Chocolate and the EU” assignment – Group 8

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Background information

This assignment has been adapted from the University of Wisconsin’s European Studies Program. Your group will be researching chocolate production in one of the countries in the EU.

” Chocolate was introduced to Europe in the 1500s. Over the centuries, strong cultural traditions have developed in each country. Opinions as to what exactly is chocolate are based on these traditions. These disagreements have led to the 30-year chocolate battle within the European Union.

From the time the European Union was formed in 1957 until 1973, things were simple as far as chocolate was concerned. Chocolate was made from adding cocoa butter to milk, chocolate liquor, and sugar – as it had been since the mid-1800’s. At least that’s how it was made in much of continental Europe.

However, in Ireland and the United Kingdom a different recipe had been used for over a 100 years. A Cadbury’s chocolate bar, for instance, was lighter and creamier than typical continental chocolate. In Ireland and the UK, chocolate makers used less cocoa solids and often substituted vegetable oils for some of the cocoa butter.

The problem began when Ireland and the UK joined the European Union (EU) in 1973. One of the main purposes of the EU was to promote free trade among the countries of Europe in hopes that economic integration would prevent another major war. Of course, Irish and British chocolate makers like Cadbury’s looked forward to selling their candy bars all over Europe.

Chocolate makers in countries like Belgium and France argued that this lighter chocolate wasn’t real chocolate at all. At that time, they won the argument: since 1973, the Irish and British were banned from selling their style of chocolate in any other member country of the EU. Austria, Finland, Sweden, Portugal, and Denmark joined EU between 1973 and 1995, but were also prohibited from selling their own versions of chocolate – similar to Cadbury’s – outside their borders.” Europe’s 30-year chocolate wars abruptly ended in 2003 when the EU’s highest court (the European Court of Justice) ordered Italy and Spain (the last two countries that were still banning the sale of the British chocolate in their respective countries) to lift a “disproportionate” ban on the sale of British chocolate.

Assignment directions

Your group’s task is to learn about the EU in general, your country, and how it feels about chocolate. As you research and learn about the EU and your country, write about what sort of arguments your country made during the debates of a new chocolate law.

Here are your group’s tasks:

As a group, prepare a simple background/position paper (5-6 pages). Include the following information in your paper with the following subheadings:

• Population – total population in numbers, ethnic and religious composition – no more than 3 sentences
• Major industries in the country – just list them and provide the date when they were created
• History of your country’s membership in the EU (how long has it been a member, under what circumstances did it join)
• Chocolate companies – if there are many, list them all, but pick the one that is most famous or the largest one in the country and provide a one paragraph background – when it was created, how many people work there, how much of chocolate they produce, etc.
• Chocolate-related traditions – describe at least one tradition
• Ties with non-European cocoa producing nations – just list these countries
• How much chocolate does your country produce every year? – no more than 2 sentences
• How much chocolate does your country’s average citizen eat? – no more than 2 sentences
• Did your country have a stake in the discussion of the new chocolate law? – provide a detailed explanation on how they were involved, what side they took, were they happy/unhappy with this new law
• What has been the effect of the new law on the chocolate industry in your country?

NOTE: Your group will only be submitting one paper, so all of you have to work together. The best way to do it is to distribute the work among the members of your group. You can use this discussion board to put your information together (if you want to use another platform to share your ideas, make sure that everyone has access to it, including our international students who are currently overseas). Feel free to meet through Zoom, Webex, or Google Meet to discuss this project.

Resources

“ITS 201: Finding Current Events” module has some information on how to do a country-based research. Katie Gibson, our librarian, is always ready to help if you need assistance in your research. The following links provide different types of information — you can explore these sites to see if there is any information that is pertinent to your country. Please feel free to explore other sources to complete this project. Make sure to use proper citation marks and in-text references. Your bibliography page should include all of the works that you have consulted for this project.

• http://www.countrywatch.com/intelligence/countryreviews?countryid=-1 (链接到外部网站。)
• https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/institutions-bodies_en (链接到外部网站。)
• https://europa.eu/european-union/index_en (链接到外部网站。)
• https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/20691fde-ea17-4c58-bb7a-6aeb23024a84 (链接到外部网站。)
• http://en.euabc.com/ (链接到外部网站。)
• https://euobserver.com/ (链接到外部网站。)

Country assignments

Group #1 – France

Group #2 – Poland

Group #3 – Germany

Group #4 – Spain

Group #5 – Ireland

Group #6 – Belgium

Group #7 – Italy

Group #8 – Austria

Submission requirements

Please submit your group’s background/position paper, 5 to 6 pages, not including bibliography (create a separate page for your bibliography) through this assignment page. Your paper should be double-spaced, Times New Roman font, with the font size of 12, and include the subheadings. Please save it as a Word or a PDF document. Your paper is due on Sunday, May 2, 11:59 pm. Only one submission per group. The group leader should upload the final version of the paper. Please include the names of all of the people who worked on your paper at the top of the first page.

Grading rubric

• 15 points – the content of the paper includes all of the required information and is supported with references (with proper in-text citations)
• 5 points – the paper uses the subheadings and has the correct formatting
• 2 points – the paper is of a correct length
• 3 points – the paper has the bibliography page (any style)
• 5 points – your peers’ evaluation of your work