Background to the European communities The nation-state had blossomed in the 19th century. Many new nations were formed in Europe with the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire and the ...

The European Economic Community In Western Europe, the experience of the depression the Second World War, the development of post-war cooperation and institutions and the efforts of notable individuals including ...

The Single European Act The European Communities were revitalised in the 1980s.  With the support of the UK French and German governments under Margaret Thatcher, Francois Mitterrand and Helmut Kohl and dynamic ...

Failed European Constitution The Nice declaration on the future of the European Union called for a deeper and wider debate about the future of the European Union and established a process for further constitutional ...

The Composition of the European Union The European Union consists of 27 member states, with nearly 500 million inhabitants.  Its member states account for nearly 30 per cent of global output. The European Union has ...

Economic sphere The Atlantic Charter of 1941 by the United States and the United Kingdom as a rallying cry for nations opposing Germany Italy and Japan called for the renunciation of territorial expansionism ...