Dates European Integration PDF

Dates European integration - 732 CE = The Arab expansion is halted at the ‘battle of the tours’ in France; an account refers to the forces led by Charles Matel as ‘Europeans’ - 1453 = The fall of Constantinople and the Ottoman advance into Europe reinforced the perception of an...

Dates European integration - 732 CE = The Arab expansion is halted at the ‘battle of the tours’ in France; an account refers to the forces led by Charles Matel as ‘Europeans’ - 1453 = The fall of Constantinople and the Ottoman advance into Europe reinforced the perception of an external Islamic threat. - 1492 = Discovery of the New World - 1533 = Europa Regina, Johannes Putsch - 1618 – 1648 = 30 years war - 1647-1716 = Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz - 1658-1743 = Abbé de Saint-Pierre - 1712-1778 = Jean Jacques Rousseau - 1713 = Project Paix Perpétuelle, Abbé de Saint-Pierre - 1756 = Jean Jacques Rousseau writes extract of Project de Paix Perpétuelle. - 1790 = Friedrich Melchior declares rising power of US and Russia in comparison to Europe - 1795 = Immanuel Kant Perpetual peace. - 1834 = The Zollverein, Prussian-dominated Western Union. (Germany) - 1834 = Guiseppe Mazzini, Young Europe (La giovine Europa) revolutionary association - 1848-1914 = the Age of Revolutions and Restorations - 1849 = August 21, Paris Peace Congress, Viktor Hugo spoke - 1857-1922 = George Sorel - 1861 = Italian Unification - 1866 = Austro-Prussian war - 1870 = Franco-Prussian War - 1915 = Friedrich Naumann, Mitteleuropa - 1918 = ‘The decline of the West’, Oswald Spengler - 1923 = founding of Pan-European Movement, Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi - 1929 = The Wall Street Crash - 1930 = “Mémorandum” submitted to European governments in May, outline of Briand Plan - 1941 = July, Publication of Ventotene Manifesto, Altiero Spinelli & Ernesto Rossi - 1943 = David Mitrany publishes “A working peace system” - 1943 = August, Formation of European Federalist movement in Milan Italy - 1944 = Conference in Geneva, - 1946 = Churchill’s “three Circles” speech - 1948 = 7-10 May, Congress of Europe in the Hague - 1948 = the Marshall Plan - 1948 = March, Soviet Withdrawal from the Authority - 1949 = establishment of two independent German States; The Western Federal Republic and Easter Democratic Republic - 1949 = formation of NATO - 1949 = an American Committee on a United Europe began giving financial assistance to the European Movement. - 1950 = May, Shuman Declaration - 1950-1953 = The Korean war; North Korea, supported by the Soviet Union and China, invades South Korea, prompting a military response from the UN. - 1950 = First session of IGC between 6 participating countries - 1951 = Signing of the Paris Treaty, establishing the ECSC - 1952 = Paris treaty entry into force - 1952 = 10 august, Start high Authority in Luxembourg - 1952-1955 = Jean Monnet presided High Aurhority - 1953 = Death of Stalin - 1954 = French Assemblee’s rejection of European Defence Community - 1955 = New British Conservative Premier Anthony Eden takes lead. - 1955 = Founding of the action committee for the United States of Europe - 1957 = Treaty of Rome - 1958 = Common Market created by the Treaty of Rome - 1960 = Creation of European Free Trade Association - 1961 = Britain applies for EEC membership - 1961 = De Gaulle proposes a ‘Union Of the European Peoples’ without supranational institutions. - 1962 = CAP - 1962 = Franco government sends letter to EEC requesting opening of negotiations with a view to associating Spain with the new Community - 1962 = Assembly becomes EP - 1963 = Charles de Gaulle vetoes British accession into the EEC - 1964-1967 = The Kennedy round of GATT negotiations, Geneva - 1965 = The merger Treaty combining EEC, ECSC, Euratom into a single commission - 1965-1966 = July-January, Empty Chair Crisis. - 1966 = The Luxembourg Compromise - 1968 = Completion Customs Union - 1968 = Creation of DG regio - 1969 = The Hague Summit - 1970/1975 = EP was granted budgetary powers - 1970 = The Davignon Report; report on the future foreign policy of European Economic Community member nations. - 1970 = The Werner Report; the report provided for the establishment of an economic and monetary union that would involve significant transfers of responsibility from states to the European Community in the field of monetary policy - 1970 = The EEC ultimately negotiated a preferential agreement with Spain - 1970 = EPC (European Political Cooperation) - 1972 = Norway’s population rejected EEC membership in a referendum - 1973 = Britain, Ireland and Denmark join the EEC, 1 January - 1974-1982 = The Giscard-Shmidt era - 1974 = The Paris summit - 1974 = Giscard and Schmidt call for a “European Union” - 1974 = President Giscard-d’Estaing obtains creation of European Council - 1975 = Establishment of the European Regional Development Fund - 1975 = National Referendum on EEC membership of UK - 1975 = Tindemans report, It contained proposals for direct elections to the European Parliament and other integration proposals which have since been accepted, for example, the Monetary Union and the Common Foreign and Security Policy. - 1979 = European Council endorsed direct EP election - 1979 = European Monetary System - 1981 = Greece joins the EEC - 1981-1986 = Southern enlargement; Spain, Geece, Portugal - 1981 = Gencher-Colombo plan; argues for a strengthening of political cooperation between the Ten. - 1983 = Solemn declaration of Stuttgart - 1984 = draft treaty European Union - 1984 = Dooge’s committee report, - 1984 = Fountainebleau summit, Thatcher secures a rebate for Britain - 1985 = the Shengen Agreement - 1985 = The Milan Compromise - 1985 = white Paper of the European Commission, 1992 project - 1986 = 17/28 feb, signing of Single European Act - 1987 = 1 July, coming into Force SEA - 1988 = Thatchers Bruges Speech, warns against erosion of national souvereignty - 1989 = Fall of Berlin Wall - 1989 = Delors report on EMU - 1990 = Dec, Launch of 2 IGC; on Economic and Monetary Union & on political Union - 1990 = German Unification - 1990 = November, Thatcher resigns - 1991 = Founding of Mercosur - 1992 = 7 feb, signing of Treaty of European Union - 1992 = Single Market Program - 1993 = 1 nov, coming into force of Treaty of European Union - 1993 = Establishment of Copenhagen Criteria - 1995 = EFTAN accession (Austria, Finland, Sweden) - 1997 = Single Market Scoreboard - 1997 = Amsterdam Treaty - 1999 = Coming into force of Amsterdam Treaty - 1999 = Kosovo war - 1999 = Establishment of the European Security and Defence policy - 2001 = Nice treaty - 2002 = African Union replaces ‘organization on African Unity’ - 2002 = 23 July, expiring of Paris Treaty - 2002-2007 = Creation of Mercosur Parliament - 2002 = 1 january, adopting of the EURO - 2003 = Entry into force of Nice Treaty - 2003 = Iraq war - 2004 = constitutional treaty was signed - 2004 = Launch of European Neighbourhood Policy, aimed to strengthen ties with Eastern countries, the Caucasus and the Meditirreanen - 2004 = Orange revolution - 2005 = consitutitonal treaty was rejected by voters in referendums in France and the Netherlands - 2007 = signing of Treaty of Lisbon - 2009 = 1 december, Coming into force of Lisbon Treaty - 2011 = Arab spring uprisings - 2012 = Signing of the Fiscal Compact - 2013 = David Cameron proposes referendum on UK membership - 2015 = Cameron wins election, announces referendum - 2016 = June 23, announcement resulst referendul, 52 yes - 2016 = EU-Turkey statement - 2019 = Boris Johnson PM - 2020 = 31 jan, UK left eu - 2020 = SMET