POL_S 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Maastricht Treaty, Democratic Deficit, Unanimous Consent
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1957: treaty of rome creates european economic community (eec: same 6 members as ecsc, four freedoms. Free movement of capital: common agricultural and transportation policies, absorbed ecsc, european commission became governing body. 1961: european commission had too much autonomy, so european. Council created to give states veto: ecj decided it could strike down national laws. 1973: first enlargement: uk, denmark, ireland join eec, norway negotiated to join, but referendum didn"t pass. Second enlargement: 1981: greece (cid:1) (cid:1, 1986: spain, portugal. 1986: single europe act: reduces non-tariff barriers by having each member set identical trade policies. 1992: maastricht treaty converts eec into european union: agreement to create euro in 10 years, creates common foreign policy and strengthens control over domestic policy, but keeps these separate from economic integration. Norway negotiates to join, but referendum fails again. 2004: poland, cyprus, lithuania, latvia, estonia, slovenia, slovakia, 2007: libson treaty: majority now required instead of unanimous consent in most.
