European
Union
I.
European Economic Community (EEC)
A. Schuman Plan
B. Treaty of Rome
(1957)
1. customs union
2. common agricultural policy
3. Executive --Commission and Council of Ministers
4. Legislature--European Parliament
5. European Court
C. Problem of national
autonomy
1. Britain--admitted in 1972
2. Norway--rejects membership
II.
Single Europe Act (1986)
A. Integration of
European economies
1. free movement of capital, goods, people (1993)
2. single currency, central bank (2002)
a. British and Danes opt out for now
III.
Expansion of the EU
A. Incorporation of
former Communist Countries
1. implications for both sides
2. New Europe vs. Old Europe?
B.
Adopting a new constitution
1.
Lisbon Treaty (signed 2007; ratified 2009
C.
Question of Turkey
1. European nation?
2. Civil rights concerns
3. significance of admitting a Muslim nation
IV.
Problems facing Europe today
A. Debt crisis and financial
policy for Euro Zone
B. divisions
fostered by expansion
C.
nationalist feelings against full integration
D.
population decline