Lecture 1 Flashcards
1
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OEEC
A
2
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EPU
A
3
Q
federalism x intergovernmentalism
A
EEC x EFTA
4
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EEC
A
European Economic Community
1957
BeNeLux, France, Germany, Italy
customs union
larger GDP than EFTA
more attractive to exporters
5
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EFTA
A
European Free Trade Agreement
1960
United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal
joined EEC due to economic pressure
Norwegians no in referendum, UK stopped twice by de Gaulle, Switzerland neutrality, Portugal lack of democracy
1973: Denmark, UK, Ireland
6
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the Single European Act 1987
A
4 freedoms (people, services, capital, goods)
already in the Treaty of Rome (1957) establishing EEC and EAEC