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    European integration

    Interactive Tests & Preparatory Material for Open Competitions

    1
    Important milestones 1.

     1951: Treaty of Paris on European Coal and Steel Community


     1954: French Assembly votes down European Defense Treaty
     1957: Treaty of Rome on EEC and Euratom (force: 1/1/1958)
     1962: EEC Assembly named ‘European Parliament’
     1965: Empty chairs crisis & Merger Treaty
     1970: Start of European Political Co-operation,
    forerunner of CFSP
     1973: Accession of UK, IE, DM
     1979: Creation of European Monetary System
    & first direct elections to EP
     1981: Accession of EL
     1986: Accession of ES, PT
     1986: Single European Act (force: 1987)
     1992: Treaty of Maastricht (force: 1 March 1993)
     1995: Accession of AT, SV, FI 2
    Important milestones 2.

     1997: Treaty of Amsterdam (force: 1 May 1999)


     1999: euro created
     2002: euro coins and notes enter into circulation
     2002: Treaty of Nice (force: 1 February 2003)
     2004: Accession of Eastern Europe and CY, MA
     2004: Constitutional Treaty (approved as a draft text only)
     2007: RO and BG join the EU

    3
    The Treaty

     Merger Treaty of 1965 merges EEC, Euratom & Coal and


    Steel Treaties into a single document, often referred to as EC
    Treaty or Treaty of Rome. ‘Treaty of Rome’ used to describe
    both the 1957 treaty and the merged Community treaty

     Single European Act amends EC Treaty

     Treaty of Maastricht amends EC Treaty and creates Treaty on


    European Union or EU Treaty. EC/EU Treaty often referred to
    as ‘Treaties’

     Treaty of Amsterdam and Nice amends EC/EU Treaty

     Try to remember when they were signed and when they


    entered into force! 4
    European Commission Presidents

     Jean Monnet, High Authority President (FR) – 1952-1955


     René Mayer, High Authority President (FR) – 1955-1958
     Walter Hallstein (DE) – 1958-1967
     Jean Rey (BE) – 1967-1970
     Franco Malfatti (IT) – 1970-1972
     Sicco Mansholt (NL) – 1972
     Francois-Xavier Ortoli (FR) – 1973-1977
     Roy Jenkins (UK) – 1977-1981
     Gaston Thorn (LU) – 1981-1985
     Jacques Delors (FR) – 1985-1995
     Jacques Santer (LU) – 1995-1999
     Manuel Marin (ES) – acting: March 1999 – September 1999
     Romano Prodi (IT) – 1999-2004
     José Manuel Barroso (PT) – 2004-
    5
    European Parliament Presidents

     Paul Henry Spaak – 1952-1954


    …
     Nicole Fontaine – 1999-2002
     Pat Cox – 2002-2004
     Josep Borrell Fontelles – 2004-2007
     Hans-Gert Pöttering – 2007-2009

    6
    Founding Fathers

     Jean Monnet – French politician, businessman, diplomat,


    lobbyist, father of Coal and Steel Community and EEC
     Robert Schuman – French politician, father of CSC and EEC,
    famous for 9 May 1950 declaration of European unity
    (Europe day)
     Paul-Henri Spaak – Belgian politican, leader of Messina
    Conference on EEC Treaty
     Walter Hallstein – German politician, first President of EC
     Altiero Spinelli – Italian politician, Federalist thinker,
    Communist Member of EP, author of EP report on political
    union in 1984
     Jacques Delors – French politician, EC President, father of
    Single Market, economic & monetary union and political union

    7
    Other important people (trivia)

     Vassilios Skouris: President of the European Court of Justice

     Bo Vesterdorf: President of the Court of First Instance

     Jean-Claude Trichet: President of the European Central Bank

     Hubert Weber: President of the European Court of Auditors

     Philippe Maystadt: President of the European Investment


    Bank

     Nikoforos Diamandouros: the European Ombudsman

     Javier Solana: High Representative for CFSP / Secretary


    General of the Council 8
    Various other things worth knowing (trivia) 1.

     European Capital of Culture: Patras, EL (in 2006)


    Luxembourg, LU and Sibiu, RO (in 2007) Liverpool, UK and
    Stavanger, NO (in 2008)
     European Cultural Month: similar, intended for candidate
    countries, lasting only a month
     European anthem, flag, official day, motto („Unity in diversity”)
     Seats of the Union and its institutions:
     Brussels: Council, Commission, Parliament and some
    temporary and permanent agencies
     Luxembourg: EIB, ECJ, Parliament Secretariat, Council
    meetings
     Strasbourg: Parliament, Commission meetings
     Agencies!!! (see slides on Institutions)
     Upcoming Presidencies: DE, PT, SI
    9
    Various other things worth knowing 2.

     Europe prizes: Sakharov Prize (Parliament, for freedom of


    thought, last winner (2005): Alyaksandr Byalyatski), Alexander
    Milinkievich (2006)
    Charlemagne Prize (City of Aachen, last winner (2006): Jean-
    Claude Juncker)
     Official languages: 23 including Irish ‘Treaty language’ and
    working language of the ECJ (Irish official language from
    1/1/2007) – Luxembourgish/Letzeburgish is not an
    official language, neither is Catalan or Basque
     Commissioners, their nationalities and portfolios
     Buzzwords: Lisbon strategy, Hague programme, Tampere
    programme, Laeken declaration, Copenhagen criteria,
    Petersberg tasks, Gothenburg strategy, Mainstreaming …

    10
    Geography, economy, etc.

     Size, location, neighbours and population of Member States


     Capitals
     Population of EU-25, EU-27
     Basic economic parameters of Member States
     Membership of other Treaties, zones, organisations:
    Schengen, EEA, eurozone, NATO, …

    11
    Good information sources

     The Internet (see links in Other Packs)

     Newspapers: Financial Times European edition, European


    Voice, EUobserver, Agence Europe & Europe Information
    Service (subsciption only),

     Nicolas Moussis: Access to the European Union


    (everybody has a favourite EU book to study from, this one
    is ours, great on policies)

     Treaties and Constitution


    (no need to learn it but useful to peek into)

     Mock tests:
    The Ultimate EU Test Book (www.eu-testbook.com) 12

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