European Union Enlargement Movements

1232 Words5 Pages

Introduction

The European history beings in 1951 with the creation of coal and steel community. France, Italy, west Germany and the three Benelux countries agreed to join their coal and steel markets the main reason being the economic interdependence which make the return of war. These was from the words of the French foreign minister Robert schuman. During these period the gross domestic products of the six countries rosed deathly as the effects of the community rules on industrial production and trade began kicking. Six years later in 1957 the six countries signed the treaty of Rome creating the Europe Economic community.

In 1961 the United Kingdom along with Ireland, Denmark applied to join but the French president Charles …show more content…

Regarding the current rules under European council where the head of government have to take decision. The voting rights are awarded roughly and proportional to countries population although smaller countries turn to do better than larger ones. The future of the European unions enlargement are uncertain although three countries which are Croatia, Macedonia and turkey have had their applications to join the European European Union but haven't been officially accepted. Many argue that the European Union needs more time to digest its recent enlargement movements before it embarks on further serious …show more content…

The EU plays an important role in the political sector of underdeveloped countries especially Africa, Asia. The EU has a very big role in world politics and these could be seen from an example which is the sending away of all the Romania immigrants in France. Despite the fact that Romania is in the European Union. After that dramatic incident the EU started losing its political credibility. Every member of the European Union has the freedom and right to move from one state to another. The EU was in disagreement with the policy change of the regime in

Open Document