EUROPEAN UNION WORLD

Origins, Evolution, and Prospects

Marshall Plan

Expansion in the unity of Western Europe

The creation of the European Coal and Steel Community

Political cooperation 

Establishement of the European Economic Community

The European Free Trade Association

EEC and Great Britain

Luxembourg Agreement

European integration led to the Enlargement of the European Economic Community (1973)

A period of Eurosclerosis (1974–84)  

The Single European Act (1987) 

The Maastricht Treaty (1992) paved the way for Economic and Monetary Union (Eurozone)

Northern Enlargement

The Treaty of Amsterdam (1997)

The Treaty of Nice (2001); both treaties reformed the institutions and enabled the European Union to expand Eastwards

The acquis communautaire

Agenda 2000 and the Lisbon Council

The Constitutional Treaty

The Treaty of Lisbon

Possible structure, direction and potentially federal future of European integration

Conclusion 

Appendix 1 - Outlines the structure and operation of the institutions of the European Union.