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Chapter 3 Historical Progression of the EU

The United States of Europe: European Union and the Euro Revolution, Revised Edition

ISBN: 978-1-78052-314-9, eISBN: 978-1-78052-315-6

Publication date: 7 December 2011

Abstract

In just a short half century, the European Union (EU) has emerged as a paradigm of supranational, continent-based, integrated single economy with its micro- and macroeconomic parameters. The process began soon after World War II. The initial steps, which started with the Benelux Customs Union and the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) of France and Germany in 1951, soon progressed to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1957 (see Chapter 1). A unique framework of Free Trade Area (FTA) came into existence. Its success called for the Single Europe Act (SEA) in 1986, followed by the Maastricht Treaty in 1992, whereby a select group of sovereign nation state economies on one common geography volunteered to become one single economy. The Amsterdam Treaty and the Treaty of Nice followed. The EU-25 as of 2004, on to the EU-27 as of 2007, became an epochal event.

Citation

Dutta, M. (2011), "Chapter 3 Historical Progression of the EU", Dutta, M. (Ed.) The United States of Europe: European Union and the Euro Revolution, Revised Edition (Contributions to Economic Analysis, Vol. 292), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 29-56. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0573-8555(2011)0000292010

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