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European Union's History in 2 minutes
2024-12-05 16:34:12
The Erasmus Program is part of long European history. Indeed, the EU has been built up gradually. After the WW2 European unification had one essential goal: peace on the continent. European integration was first economic, then political.
Let's look back on this history in 2 minutes:
1951 -Paris Treaty: European Coal and Steel Community.
6 countries (West Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg) pool their coal and steel industries.
1957 - Rome Treaties: European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community. The 6 expand their cooperation to other economic sectors.
1962 - Common Agricultural Policy.
1973 - 1st expansion: UK, Ireland, Denmark.
1981 - 2nd expansion: Greece.
1985 -The Schengen agreement provides for the gradual abolition of borders and the free movement of people.
1986 -3rd expansion: Spain and Portugal.
1992 - The Maastricht Treaty created the European Union, laid the foundations for a single currency, and established European citizenship.
1995 -4th expansion: Austria, Finland, Sweden.
2004 -5th expansion: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia.
2007 -6th expansion: Romania and Bulgaria.
2008 -The Treaty of Lisbon makes the EU more democratic and efficient.
2012 - EU receives the Nobel Peace Prize.
2013 - 7th expansion: Croatia.
Nine other countries (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Northern Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine, and Georgia) currently have the status of candidate countries for European integration.
Refferences:
https://european-union.europa.eu/principles-countries-history/history-eu_en
https://www.touteleurope.eu/histoire/histoire-de-l-union-europeenne/
https://www.vie-publique.fr/fiches/20308-pourquoi-une-europe-unie
https://www.strasbourg-europe.eu/lhistoire-de-la-construction-europeenne/
https://european-union.europa.eu/achievements_en
https://www.touteleurope.eu/les-pays-candidats-a-l-adhesion-europeenne/
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