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European Union http://www.historiasiglo20.org/europe/ Be able to identify and tell the significance of each: EEC Treaty of Rome CAP EEU European Commission European Parliament Court of Justice Schengen Agreement Treaty of Maastricht + 3 Pillars Economic and Monetary Union The Treaty of Amsterdam Place each with an appropriate date on a timeline. What countries are currently members of the EU? Which countries are seeking EU membership? Europe After WWII Rebuilding the West - The Marshall Plan · What was the goal of the Marshall Plan? · What were the main stipulations? · How did this benefit the US? · How does this plan link to the ideas we have been discussing? "Aside from helping to put Europe back on its feet, the Marshall Plan led to the Schuman Plan, which in turn led to Euratom, then the Coal and Iron Community and the Common Market, and pointed to what may yet evolve into an economically and politically united Europe. In many ways, the Marshall Plan satisfied both those who wanted our foreign policy to be generous and idealistic and those who demanded realpolitik; it helped feed the starving and shelter the homeless, and at the same time stopped the spread of communism and put the European economy back on its feet." http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/57.htm Competing Ideologies - The Cold War · How does this conflict impact Europe? · NATO (1949)/Warsaw Pact Economic Middle Ground? Democratic Socialism · What similarities does Western Europe Share with the US? What differences? · What is socialism? What is democratic socialism? How do European views of the role of government differ from those in the US? The Origins 1945-1957 - The history of the European Union and European Citizenship 1948 - Benelux customs union 1949 - Council of Europe NATO 1950 - Shuman Declaration - led to Treaty of Paris 1951 - Treaties of Paris · European Coal and Steel Communities EEC - Common Market · Treaty of Rome (1957) 12 year period to eliminate all internal trade barriers o Euratom o CAP · Single European Act (1987) · British problem - What was the BP? o Commonwealth o Third party tariffs o surrender of sovereignty o European Free Trade Commission (SWE, SWZ, NOR, DEN, AUS, POR) o 1960s - De Gaulle v. GB o 1972 - Europe of Nine (GB, FR, GER, DEN, IRE, NED, BEL, LUX, ITA) European Council (1975) Heads of State European Parliament (1979) Economic and Monetary Union · 1979 - EMS & ECU Expansion '80s - Greece, Spain, Portugal Schengen Agreement (1985) Single European Act (1986) · European Council · Social rights · Structural Funds Court of Justice (1989) Treaty of Maastricht/Treaty of the EU - 3 Pillars · Community o Citizenship o EMU o European Central Bank · Security · Judicial - Europol 1995 - Austria, Finland SWE The Treaty of Amsterdam Place each with an appropriate date on a timeline. What countries are currently members of the EU? Which countries are seeking EU membership? |