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History of the EU

By BiliBer
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    Integration of the EU

  • Winston Churchills Speech

    Winston Churchills Speech

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  • The Europe Movement is created

    The Europe Movement is created

  • European Union is created

    European Union is created

  • The Marshall Plan is announced.

    The Marshall Plan is announced.

  • The Western Union Treaty is signed by Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom

    The Western Union Treaty is signed by Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom

  • The Europe Congress meets in The Netherlands

    The Europe Congress meets in The Netherlands

  • The statute of the Council of Europe is signed in London

    The statute of the Council of Europe is signed in London

  • Every 9th May is celebrated as 'Europe Day'

  • Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Italy, the Netherlands and Germany subscribe to the Schuman declaration.

  • The Council of Europe Assembly approves the Schuman plan

  • The European Union of payments is created.

  • Signature of the Human Rights and Fundamental Rights Conventions in Italy.

  • Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands sign the European Defence Community (EDC) Treaty in Paris.

  • The common market for coal and iron ore is put into place

  • Alcide de Gasperi is elected president of the European Parliamentary Assembly

  • Saarland rejects its autonomous statute and decides to join Germany

  • The Council of Europe adopts the blue flag with 12 gold stars as its emblem.

    The Council of Europe adopts the blue flag with 12 gold stars as its emblem.

  • The first Council regulation sets up German, French, Italian and Dutch as the official languages of the Communities

  • The European Monetary Agreement enters into force

  • Greece applies for association with the EEC.

  • Turkey applies for association with the EEC.

  • The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) agreement is signed in Stockholm

    The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) agreement is signed in Stockholm

  • The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) enters into force

    The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) enters into force

  • building of the berlin wall

    building of the berlin wall

  • The first regulation on free movement of workers

    The first regulation on free movement of workers

  • Costumes duties on industrial products between member states are reduced to 50%

    Costumes duties on industrial products between member states are reduced to 50%

  • Joint control over the food production

    Joint control over the food production

  • The first big international agreement

    The first big international agreement

  • Kennedy round

    Kennedy round

  • United Nations Conference

  • Annual joint meeting between the European Institutions

  • EEC Council of Ministers harmonises taxes

    The EEC Council of Ministers (european economic community) harmonises indirect taxes in the community to adopt the principle of the added-value tax system

  • United Kingdom re-applies to join the Community

    The United Kingdom re-applies to join the Community. Norway, Ireland and Denmark follows the UK and joins the Community.

  • The Commission signs the final Act of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

  • The European Communities will have a single Commission and a single Council.

    The merger Treatys enters into force. So the executives of the European Communities fuse and they have a single Commission and a single Council now.

  • Italy takes over the presidency of the Council of the European Communities. The customs union enters into force.

    Italy takes over the presidency of the Council of the European Communities. The customs union enters into force.
  • Three joining countries

    Three joining countries

    Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom (Green) join the European Union (Orange).
  • Arab-Israeli war results for problems in Europe

    Arab-Israeli war results for problems in Europe

    The Arab-Israeli war of October 1973 results in an energy crisis and economic problems in Europe. Because of the war there were restrict oil sales for certain EU states.
  • European Regional Development Fund

    European Regional Development Fund

    Its purpose is to transfer money from rich to poor regions to improve roads and communications, attract investment and create jobs
  • End of dictatorships in EU

    End of dictatorships in EU

    -overthrow of the Salazar regime in 1974 -death of General Franco of Spain in 1975 the dictatorship in Europe ended.
  • Electing members of the European Parliament

    Electing members of the European Parliament

    For the first time EU citizens choose the members of the European parliament directly. Before that they were choosen
    by the national parliaments.
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    The changig face of Europe - the fall of the Berlin Wall

  • Gdansk shipyard

    Gdansk shipyard

    The largest shipyard in Poland.
  • founding of Solidarnosc

    founding of Solidarnosc

  • member of the EU

    member of the EU

    Greece join the EU.

  • Esprit programme

    Computers and automation are changing the way we live and work. To stay in the forefront of innovation, the EU adopts the ‘Esprit’ programme in 1984 as the first of many research and development programmes it has since funded.
  • member of the EU

    member of the EU

    Portugal and spain became member of the EU.
  • Signing of the Single European Act

    Signing of the Single European Act

    -was signed in February 1986 and became effective in July 1987
    - establish a common market ( later single market)
    -making it easier to pass laws
    -strengthening the EU Parliament
    -improve democracy

  • Erasmus programme

    The EU launches the ‘Erasmus’ programme to fund university students wishing to study for up to a year in another European country. More than 2 million young people have benefited from this and similar EU schemes.
  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Fall of the Berlin Wall

  • the East German Parliament closed

  • reunification of Germany - GDR becoms part of the Federal Republik of Germany

    reunification of Germany - GDR becoms part of the Federal Republik of Germany

  • Day of German Unity

    Day of German Unity

  • 'Maastricht' Treaty

    'Maastricht' Treaty

    major EU milestone
  • Period: to

    A Europe without frontiers

  • single market and 'four freedoms'

    single market and 'four freedoms'

    free movement of goods, services, people and money
  • New Member States

    New Member States

    Austria, Finland, Sweden are joining the EU
  • 'Schengen' Agreements

    'Schengen' Agreements

    travel without any passport control at the frontiers
  • Treaty of 'Amsterdam'

    Treaty of 'Amsterdam'

    laying down plans to make the EU more effective
  • Introduction of the Euro

    Introduction of the Euro

    a single currency in 11 countries of the EU
  • Attack on the World Trade Center

    Attack on the World Trade Center

  • Introduction of the Euro

    Introduction of the Euro

  • 10 new countries join the Eu

    10 new countries join the Eu

    Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Cyprus, Malta no
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    President George W. Busch visits the EU and the NATO

    It is the first visit of a US President to the European institutions
  • 2 more countries join the EU

    2 more countries join the EU

    Bulgaria, Romania
  • Web-TV service were launched

    Web-TV service were launched

    "Europarl TV" with programmes in over 20 languages on the big issues and the latest news affecting the EU.
  • Financial crisis

    Financial crisis

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    Fianasos

  • Croatia joins the EU

    Croatia joins the EU, bringing the total number of member countries to 28. The EU now also has 24 official languages

  • Latvia adopts the euro

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