Foundations of EU Law With Complete Solutions
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European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) (1951) - correct answers Group of six European countries formed
in 1951 to coordinate iron and steel production to ensure peace among member countries; eventually evolved
into the EU. BENELUX and Italy, France, Germany.
Treaty of Rome (EEC) (1957) - correct answers The founding document of the European Economic Community
(EEC) or Common Market, now subsumed by the European Union. EAEC (Euratom) was established under the
other. Deregulation of the borders. Overarching aim was to achieve peace (Schuman Declaration).
First Englargement (1973) - correct answers UK. Denmark, Ireland, ECA.
Single European Act (SEA) - correct answers Created the EEC Treaty and the single market. Included freedom
of goods, services, people, and capital. Increase in power for European Parliament. QMV voting in the Council
established.
Maastricht Treaty (EC->EU) (1991) - correct answers The basis for the formation of the European Union, which
set financial and cultural standards for potential member states and defined criteria for membership in the
monetary union (EMU). Principle of subsidiarity was created. TEU established. Three pillar system (EC Treaty,
CFSP, JHA) where very clearly, the competences of the EU, what the EU states would share, and what should
not be touched.
Schengen Agreement (1985) - correct answers The 1985 agreement between some (7) - but not all - European
Union member countries to reduce border formalities in order to facilitate free movement of citizens between
member countries of this new "Schengenland." For example, today there are no border controls between
France and Germany or between France and Italy.
Treaty of Amsterdam (1997) - correct answers Treaty, concluded in 1997, that addressed issues left undone by
the Maastricht Treaty & identified priority measures necessary to bring a single market in Europe fully into
effect & to lay a solid foundation for both a single currency & an enlargement of the European Union into
central & eastern Europe. New provisions on human rights (pre-empting the eventual creation of the Charter).
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