1946-2000s+(C)+Rise+of+E.U.

1946-2000s  European Union ** //By:// ** ** __//Keagan Collins & Charles Shirley// __ **  ﻿====================================================================================   ** I **   **__Origins/Movement Towards Unity__**  //(1945-1957)//    ﻿__Summary:__  // The period saw the first moves towards European unity as the first bodies began to be established in the aftermath of the Second World War. In 1951 the first community, the ﻿European Coal and Steel Community was established and moves on new communities quickly began. Early attempts as military and political unity failed, eventually leading to the Treaties of Rome in 1957. // **__ TIMELINE: __**  ﻿1946 - Winston Churchill calls for a "United States of Europe" at a speech in Zurich. 1949 - Britain, France, Benelux countries decide to have a "Council of Europe," and ask others to help/join. 1950 - "Schuman Declaration" is given, proposed idea for coal and steel community with France and Germany. 1951 - "Treaty of Paris" is signed, (by "the six" countries as stated below) ECSC is officially established  ﻿1952 - Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Luxembourg s ﻿ign European Defence Community (EDC) Treaty. 1957 - "Treaties of Rome" are signed, and the EEC is thus created. ====================================================================================   ** II **   **__Early Development__**  //(1958-1972)//    ﻿__Summary:__    //  The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) had just been joined by the European Economic Community (EEC), the latter of which soon became the most important. //// On 19 March 1958 the Parliamentary Assembly (replacing the Common Assembly) meets for the first time for all three communities and elects Robert Schuman as its President. On 13 May members sit according to political, rather than national, allegiance for the first time. //   **__ TIMELINE: __**  1959 - Greece and Turkey apply for association with the EEC. Also EFTA is established. 1961 - Ireland, the UK, and Denmark all formally apply to join the European communities. 1963 - General De Gaulle doubts the political will of the UK to join, negotiations with applicant countries suspended. 1967 - The UK re-applies for joining the European communities. 1972 - Ireland, teh UK, and Denmark all sign treaties of accession to the European communities. // ﻿ //