European Integration

Question 1

Timeline of European Integration

Answer 1

ECSC -> EDC -> EEC -> Euratom -> EU

Question 2

ECSC

Answer 2

Established in 1951

Introduced concept of free movement of goods - focus on coal and steel

Question 3

EDC

Answer 3

Aimed to create a European Army

Vetoed at final consideration by France

Question 4

EEC

Answer 4

Established in 1957

Created common market based on 4 freedoms: 1) goods, 2) workers, 2) capital and 4) services

Question 5

Euratom

Answer 5

Established in 1957

Established single market for trade of nuclear materials and technology

Question 6

EU

Answer 6

Established in 1993

Replaced EEC

Featured a 3-pillar structure:
- European Community
- common foreign and security policy
- justice and home affairs

Introduced new institutions + euro

Question 7

What is functionalism?

Answer 7

transfer of competences to common institutions

Question 8

What is neo-functionalism

Answer 8

more significant functionalism, more power to institutions created by treaty of Rome

Question 9

Treaty of Paris

Answer 9

1951 - created ECSC

Question 10

Treaty of Nice

Answer 10

2001 - slightly amended treaty of Maastricht

Question 11

Treaty of Rome

Answer 11

1957 - created EEC + Euratom

Question 12

Treaty of Maastricht

Answer 12

1992 - created EU

Question 13

Treaty of Lisbon

Answer 13

2007

Effects:
- Treaty on European Union (TEU) and Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) given constitutional status
- introduced article 50
- made charter of fundamental rights legally binding