The United Kingdom
Publié le 09/10/2021
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The United Kingdom
L'essentiel du cours
Basic facts
Capital city
Countries
Currency
The national flag
The national
anthem
National emblems
National mottas
London
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-Northern Ire/and (Ulster)
Pound Sterling (E)
"The Union Jack" composed of 3 crosses: St George's
(Eng/and), St Andrew's (Scot/and), St Patrick's (Ire/and).
God Save the Queen
-Rose (England)
-Lee k (Wales)
-Thistle (Scot/and)
-Shamrock (Ire/and)
-Shamed be he who thinks il/ of it
(honni soit qui mal y pense)
British institutions
Executive power
Legis!otive power
The monarch
-ThÙ'rime Miniitêr : Head of the Cabinet
-The Cabinet (Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance) , the
Lord Chancellor (justice), the Home Secretary, the Foreign
Secretary, the Defense Secretary ...
)
-The Houses of Parliament:
• the House of Commons (650 e/ected members);
• the House of Lords (92 non -elected members) .
Queen (or King) : represents the nation --+ a constitutional
monarchy .
The Commonwealth of Nations - an intergovernmental
organization of 54 independent member states.
Ali except
Mozambique and Rwanda used to be part of the British
Empire .
The Commonwealth was created in 1926 : Britain and its
dominions agreed that they were 'equa/ in status, in no
way subordinate one to another in any aspect of their
domestic ar external affairs'.
The member states shore common values including the
promotion of democr acy and human rights .
The Head of the Commonwealth --+ Queen Elizabeth Il..
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