EUROPEAN UNIION.
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Discussion of the history of the EU. The need to link distinct political communities to achieve common objectives. Founding members. Theory of social federalism. Characteristics of a federal union. Background of the plan to create a single market. Implementation. Single currency & a European central bank. Future developments; economic, political.
Paper Introduction:
THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
INTRODUCTION:
The signing of the two Treaties of Rome in 1957 added two new "communities" to the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), established by the 1951 Treaty of Paris: the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) and the European Economic Community (EEC). These were merged in 1967 into a single framework referred to as the European Community or European Communities (EC). (Sidjanski, 2000, 88)
The six founding members of what is now known as the European Union were Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. They were joined in 1973 by Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom, followed by Greece in 1981, and Portugal and Spain in 1986. On January 1, 1995, EU membership grew to 15 with the a
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ECSC establishedby the Treaty of Paris the European Atomic the European Unionwere Belgium France Germany Italy Luxembourg and with the accession of Austria Finland for specificpurposes were created normally for short identifiable periods modernera would include Switzerland followed by the Netherlands but S federalexperience into European thought particularly in Germany won many converts in the s The work ofCoudenhove-Kalergi a failure of Leagueof Nations his work andhad endorsed plans for an Anglo-French Union in broad Europeanfederalist Movement This movement split in the late s them are replaced bythe rule of law rule of law these commoninstitutions include law-enforcement bodies such as borders Independent legislative policy-making institutions Thesecommon institutions have their own as those ofthe member states would do everything else The areas to profoundly different A new kind offederal union is being created together Fransen BACKGROUND In member market is already evident with theelimination of border controls vigilance on the partof the well as the development ofcommon economic and from immigration policy to criminal justice emphasized the notion of the Union required the conveningin of an criteria that countries must satisfy to join outstanding government debt must not exceed percentof Mechanism during the preceding two years Burgess to one another in a parity gridcalled the Exchange Rate Under the terms of the Maastricht Treaty Economic Growth and Unemployment The Commission continues bethe EU's most important challenge While primary responsibility Summit Baltas Enlargement and Institutional Issues The Union Slovakia and Slovenia as well asCyprus have formally market economy capacity tocope with competitive pressure and market is also faced with thechallenge of financing the Common The process should in fact be completed bythe establishment of common foreign policiesparticularly in Europe Nevertheless the conclusion of this process A People's Europe The Future No Pg Burgess M Federalism and European The Federal Future of Europe Treaties of Rome in added two as the European Community or EuropeanCommunities EC Sidjanski and Portugal and Spain in separate distinct political communities in order toachieve common mediaeval Italian towns Unions that are more permanent were not seen the needto unite Europe to achieve peace to thecentralization of the nation state and inspired a Federal Union in Burgess Jean Monnet was influenced London in Winston Churchill had beenaware of plans for States of Europe Theseforces came Fransen The essential characteristics of a federal union bringing togetherindependent states in the fieldsdefined by its applicable both to itsmember states requireratification in the parliaments of its order that these problems may be addressed jointly The European Union is following an unprecedented path While similarin effective to ensure peace between defined as an area withoutinternal borders where people goods services interpretations in the adoption of for the introduction of asingle currency eventually lead to acommon defense policy provided cannot be achieved efficientlyat the one of the most significantchallenges currently facing the European of the three countries withthe lowest inflation the annual budget government bonds in the three countries with thelowest inflation and ECU which until tied the currencies except for the German mark and the Dutch cooperation and coordinate economic convergence with the goal in training andinnovation developing industrial cooperation ensuring fair competition and developing the employment strategy which and EasternEuropean countries Bulgaria the Czech rule of law human rights and aims ofpolitical economic and monetary union With the implementation of the Maastricht Treaty Europe the reforms envisaged by many i and the Union will need to beenlarged to include many this process is in sight doesnot An Historic Milestone in theProcess of European Integration Jean Monnet Ideas andOrigins of THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ECONOMIC Energy Community EURATOM and the European Economic Community EEC These the Netherlands Theywere joined in by Denmark and Sweden Sidjanski A BRIEF with a clearobjective such as military protection Some they wereoriginally very loose unions with weak central authorities Burgess and France Proudhon developed federalist constitutional federalist lead to the creation ofPan-Europa and for the allies in two world wars He crucially helpedlaunch moves towards European union in a speech over attitudesto the European Community but reunited in the early that is guaranteed by common institutions The law ofthe an Executive andCourts that have independent law-enforcement powers andresponsibilities independent legislative process thatis distinct from those of the member are democratic Constitutionally defined responsibilities The commoninstitutions beaddressed in common would normally include where established states many with longhistories are trying work together countries approved an ambitious plan to create asingle on transport of goods the removal of taxbarriers and Commission which is charged with monetary policies provided for the implementation subsidiary a principle that decisions should betaken at the Intergovernmental Conference IGC to review the MaastrichtTreaty Burgess CONTEMPORARY ISSUES theEconomic and Monetary Union EMU the annual inflation rate must GDP long-term interest rates must be no more The European Monetary System EMS Mechanism ERM The ERM allows currencies tofluctuate within percent theEuropean Monetary Institute-forerunner of a European Central to encourage member states to in thefight against unemployment rests with is considering the candidacy of several potential newmembers applied and are considered prospective EU members The conditions forces within the Union abilityto take Agricultural Policy and the Cohesion andStructural Funds for the of a European monetary union the field of defense Once this is done a constitutionlinking is not inevitable Europe hascome a long of the European Union HarvardInternational Review July Vol No Union the Building of Europe London Routledge From the EuropeanCommunity to the European Union Ann Arbor new communities to the European Coal and Steel Community The six founding members of what is now known as On January EUmembership grew to objectives is an ancient one Various leagues easily created First of the De Tocqueville brought the U theory of socialfederalism known asintegral federalism which by his experience of the imperial federation had welcomed the Briand project together in the post-war period to forge a states are as follows Rule of Law Anarchic relations between constitution Law enforcement To ensure the and crucially to its individual citizens living withinits member states Democracy The common institutions as well but nomore Other levels of government some respects it is in other ways them and to provide thestrength to face shared problems and capital are free tocirculate Implementation of the single directives as well asresilient technical barriers to trade still require and a European central bank as for police and judicial cooperation among EU members on mattersranging member-state level described specific rights of citizens of Union The Maastricht Treatycontains convergence deficit must be no more than threepercent of GDP exchange rates must have been stable within theExchange Rate ofall the member states except Greece guilder whichobserve a tighter range of introducing a singlecurrency within the EU Baltas modernizing the role of public authorities Employment continues to it has pursued since the Essen Republic Estonia Hungary Latvia Lithuania Romania Poland respect for and protection ofminorities the existence of a functioning Accepting additional members willcomplicate EU decision-making procedures The Union is close tocompleting its federal union e the democratic reform of theUnion's institutions and the development new members from all of mean it is certain to be completed Harvard BIBLIOGRAPHY Atlantic Economic Journal October Vol the European Community Chapel Hill Greenwood Press Sidjanski D INTEGRATIONINTRODUCTION The signing of the two were merged in into asingle framework referred to Ireland and the United Kingdom followed byGreece in HISTORY OF EUROPEAN UNION The need to link of the better known examplesare alliances of Greek city-states or In the late th century both Saint-Simon and Kant had thought as a decentralized alternative to the Briand project for European his reading of TheFederalist Papers and living in calling for the creation ofa kind of United l s to campaign forits reform union is superior to the law of its member Applicability The law of the union is states Their laws do not are asked to implement common policies where problems areshared in commercial policy monetaryunion and security issues in shared institutions which aredemocratic and market by the end of The market was the elimination of customs formalities However delays anddiffering monitoring implementation Burgess The Treaty of Maastricht set the timetable ofa common foreign and security policy which could European level only when they The Single Currency Introducing a single currency is be nohigher than percent above the average rate than two percent above theaverage rate on year created in early is based onthe European Currency Unit bands in either direction of their fixedcentral rates Bank-is toestablish a framework for monetary policy promote monetary boostcompetitiveness and create jobs by promoting investment individual member states the EUCouncil reaffirmed its commitment to and has set up a pre-accession strategy Ten Central for accession are stability of institutions guaranteeingdemocracy the on the obligations of membership including adherence to the benefit of new members Baltas CONCLUSIONS as foreseen by this Treaty and all the components should be written way but the fact that the end of p Baltas N A European Union Enlargement Fransen F The Supranational Politics of University of MichiganPress ECSC establishedby the Treaty of Paris the European Atomic the European Unionwere Belgium France Germany Italy Luxembourg and with the accession of Austria Finland for specificpurposes were created normally for short identifiable periods modernera would include Switzerland followed by the Netherlands but S federalexperience into European thought particularly in Germany won many converts in the s The work ofCoudenhove-Kalergi a failure of Leagueof Nations his work andhad endorsed plans for an Anglo-French Union in broad Europeanfederalist Movement This movement split in the late s them are replaced bythe rule of law rule of law these commoninstitutions include law-enforcement bodies such as borders Independent legislative policy-making institutions Thesecommon institutions have their own as those ofthe member states would do everything else The areas to profoundly different A new kind offederal union is being created together Fransen BACKGROUND In member market is already evident with theelimination of border controls vigilance on the partof the well as the development ofcommon economic and from immigration policy to criminal justice emphasized the notion of the Union required the conveningin of an criteria that countries must satisfy to join outstanding government debt must not exceed percentof Mechanism during the preceding two years Burgess to one another in a parity gridcalled the Exchange Rate Under the terms of the Maastricht Treaty Economic Growth and Unemployment The Commission continues bethe EU's most important challenge While primary responsibility Summit Baltas Enlargement and Institutional Issues The Union Slovakia and Slovenia as well asCyprus have formally market economy capacity tocope with competitive pressure and market is also faced with thechallenge of financing the Common The process should in fact be completed bythe establishment of common foreign policiesparticularly in Europe Nevertheless the conclusion of this process A People's Europe The Future No Pg Burgess M Federalism and European The Federal Future of Europe Treaties of Rome in added two as the European Community or EuropeanCommunities EC Sidjanski and Portugal and Spain in separate distinct political communities in order toachieve common mediaeval Italian towns Unions that are more permanent were not seen the needto unite Europe to achieve peace to thecentralization of the nation state and inspired a Federal Union in Burgess Jean Monnet was influenced London in Winston Churchill had beenaware of plans for States of Europe Theseforces came Fransen The essential characteristics of a federal union bringing togetherindependent states in the fieldsdefined by its applicable both to itsmember states requireratification in the parliaments of its order that these problems may be addressed jointly The European Union is following an unprecedented path While similarin effective to ensure peace between defined as an area withoutinternal borders where people goods services interpretations in the adoption of for the introduction of asingle currency eventually lead to acommon defense policy provided cannot be achieved efficientlyat the one of the most significantchallenges currently facing the European of the three countries withthe lowest inflation the annual budget government bonds in the three countries with thelowest inflation and ECU which until tied the currencies except for the German mark and the Dutch cooperation and coordinate economic convergence with the goal in training andinnovation developing industrial cooperation ensuring fair competition and developing the employment strategy which and EasternEuropean countries Bulgaria the Czech rule of law human rights and aims ofpolitical economic and monetary union With the implementation of the Maastricht Treaty Europe the reforms envisaged by many i and the Union will need to beenlarged to include many this process is in sight doesnot An Historic Milestone in theProcess of European Integration Jean Monnet Ideas andOrigins of
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