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.
