Students Names : 1.Georgia Zalti2. Elizabeth Stavrou 3.Elena Nikolaou
The EU member States are 27 A treaty lay out:1.EU objectives 2.Controls for EU institutions 3.Decisions made 4.Relationship between the EU and its member
countries The European Union is based on the rule of
law
Established formally by the Maastricht Treaty
2002 ~ Euro currency Enlargement of EU
Treaty was signed in Paris in 1951 Community of France, Germany, Italy
and the Benelux
Signed in March 1957 EEC and EURATOM Came into force on 1 January 1958
1. Commission, Council of Ministers, European Parliament and European Court of Justice
2. European government bodies
Arguments for : 1.Barriers to trade 2.United peaceful Europe.3.European reconciliation and democracy
Arguments Against: 1. Ignoring the cultural barriers 2.The Treaty was fundamentally confused
Signed On February 7, 1992 Came into force on 1 November 1993 Creates the European Union, which
consists of three pillars It improved the Treaty of Rome Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)
and the creation of the Euro.
The Treaty advanced two broad processes:
1.The increase of integration and EU responsibilities
2.The Treaty was seeking to strengthen the EU Parliament's power
Arguments For:1.A structure that is capable of coping 2.The process of closer integration through
Monetary Union 3.The British Government succeeded in including
the principle of subsidiarity in the Treaty Arguments Against:1.The increasing measures of the Treaty advanced
a federalist model of European integration 2.The focus on big issues like EMU distracted
people from the expansion of EU control
It was approved by the European Council on 2nd of October 1997
On 1st May 1999 it came into force Objectives:1.Modify regulations of the Treaty of the
European Union
Arguments For: 1.Providing room for some countries to move
faster 2. It made enlargement possible3.UK in line with the social agreement of the
Maastricht Treaty Arguments Against: 1.new flexibility created a two speed Europe
1. Improved competences of the European Parliament , functions of the Court of Auditors , Economic and Social Committee and Committee of the Regions
2. Concept of closer cooperation was introduced in the Treaty of the European Union
Signed on 26 February 2001 Came into force on 1 February 2003 Achieved the task that Amsterdam
treaty failed to do
Signed on 29 October 2004 by the 25 EU countries
Dutch and French rejected Constitutional Treaty
Did not come into force
Signed by the EU countries on 13 December 2007 and came into force on 1 December 2009
Includes:1.legal entity 2.The three pillars 3.A new rule
Modified the Maastricht Treaty (1992) Modified the Treaty of Rome (1957)
The commission: one commission per member state
Before and after the Treaty of Nice (2001)
Stabilized European Council New decision making process European Parliament has more
strengthen powers
The EU only takes action with the treaties
The treaties Initiate the institutions of European Union
Over the years the treaties have been improved by other treaties