10 historic steps in eu development
- 1. 10 historic steps in EU development Created by Caracal team, Romania
- 2. Treaty of Paris of 18 April 1951: • The European Coal and Steel Community is established by the six founding members (Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands)
- 3. Treaty of Rome of 25 March 1957 European Economic Community (EEC) based on a wider common market covering a whole range of goods and services. Customs duties between the six countries were completely abolished on 1 July 1968 and common policies, notably on trade and agriculture, were also put in place during the 1960s.
- 4. 1 Jan 1973: First Major Expansion - Britain, Denmark and Ireland join the European Community.
- 5. 1981 - Greek Expansion - Greece becomes the 10th EU member.
- 6. 1986 - Iberian Expansion - Portugal and Spain join, adding the territory of Iberia to the EU.
- 7. The worldwide economic recession in the early 1980s brought with it a wave of ‘euro-pessimism’. However, hope sprang anew in 1985 when the European Commission, under its President Jacques Delors, published a White Paper setting out a timetable for completing the European single market by 1 January 1993. This ambitious goal was enshrined in the Single European Act, which was signed in February 1986 and came into force on 1 July 1987.
- 8. 1995 - Second Major Expansion - Austria, Sweden and Finland join the European Union.
- 9. EU was on course for its most spectacular achievement yet, creating a single currency. The euro was introduced for financial (non-cash) transactions in 1999, while notes and coins were issued three years later in the 12 countries of the euro area (also commonly referred to as the euro zone).
- 10. 2004 - Third Major Expansion - Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia are brought into the European Union; the largest single expansion of the EU to date.
- 11. 2007 - Beginning of Balkan Expansion - Bulgaria and Romania join the EU marking the final enlargement of the economic union to date.
- 12. • References: • http://europa.eu/index_en.htm • http://europa.eu/abc/12lessons/lesson_2/index_en.htm • http://marsden4.hubpages.com/hub/Future-EU-Candidates