A Timeline of the European Union

A Timeline of the European Union Follow this course of events to find out about the arrangement of steps over decades that prompted the formation of the European Union. Pre-1950 1923: Pan European Union society framed; supporters incorporate Konrad Adenauer and Georges Pompidou, later pioneers of Germany and France.1942: Charles de Gaulle requires a union.1945: World War II closes; Europe is left partitioned and damaged.1946: European Union of Federalists structures to battle for a United States of Europe.September 1946: Churchill requires a United States of Europe based around France and Germany to build the opportunity of peace.January 1948: Benelux Customs Union shaped by Belgium, Luxembourg, and Netherlands.1948: Organization for European Economic Co-activity (OEEC) made to arrange the Marshall Plan; some contend this isn't bound together enough.April 1949: NATO forms.May 1949: Council of Europe shaped to examine nearer co-activity. 1950s May 1950: Schuman Declaration (named after the French Foreign Minister) proposes French and German coal and steel communities.April 19, 1951: European Coal and Steel Community Treaty marked by Germany, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Belgium, and Netherlands.May 1952: European Defense Community (EDC) Treaty.August 1954: France dismisses the EDC treaty.March 25, 1957: Treaties of Rome marked: makes Common Market/European Economic Community (EEC) and European Atomic Energy Community.January 1, 1958: Treaties of Rome happen. 1960s 1961: Britain attempts to join the EEC yet is rejected.January 1963: Franco-German Treaty of Friendship; they consent to cooperate on numerous approach issues.January 1966: Luxembourg Compromise gives greater part vote on certain issues, yet leaves national veto on key areas.July 1, 1968: Full traditions association made in the EEC, in front of schedule.1967: British application again rejected.December 1969: Hague highest point to â€Å"relaunch† the Community, went to by heads of state. 1970s 1970: Werner Report contends financial and fiscal association conceivable by 1980.April 1970: Agreement for EEC to raise own assets through tolls and customs duties.October 1972: Paris Summit concedes to plans for the future, including financial and money related association and ERDF reserve to help discouraged regions.January 1973: UK, Ireland, and Denmark join.March 1975: First gathering of the European Council, where heads of state accumulate to talk about events.1979: First direct races to European Parliament.March 1979: Agreement to make the European Monetary System. 1980s 1981: Greece joins.February 1984: Draft Treaty on European Union produced.December 1985: Single European Act concurred; takes two years to ratify.1986: Portugal and Spain join.July 1, 1987: Single European Act becomes effective. 1990s February 1992: Maastricht Treaty/Treaty on European Union signed.1993: Single Market begins.November 1, 1993: Maastricht Treaty comes into effect.January 1, 1995: Austria, Finland, and Sweden join.1995: Decision taken to present the single money, the Euro.October 2, 1997: Treaty of Amsterdam makes minor changes.January 1, 1999: Euro presented in eleven counties.May 1, 1999: Treaty of Amsterdam becomes effective. 2000s 2001: Treaty of Nice marked; expands dominant part voting.2002: Old monetary standards were pulled back, ‘Euro’ turns into the sole money in most of EU; Convention on the Future of Europe made to draw up a constitution for bigger EU.February 1, 2003: Treaty of Nice comes into effect.2004: Draft constitution signed.May 1, 2004: Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, Slovenia join.2005: Draft constitution dismissed by voters in France and the Netherlands.2007: Lisbon Treaty marked, this changed the constitution until it was considered an adequate trade off; Bulgaria and Romania join.June 2008: Irish voters dismiss the Lisbon Treaty.October 2009: Irish voters acknowledge the Lisbon Treaty.December 1, 2009: Lisbon Treaty comes into effect.2013: Croatia joins.2016: United Kingdom votes to leave.