EEC

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the economic unification of Europe

The EEC
 * World wars created need to unify Europe
 * Marshal Plan- called for economic cooperation
 * 1951 Paris Treaty created
 * common market for coal and steel (ECSC)
 * European declaration
 * Rome Treaty
 * created EEC
 * joined by France, West Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy
 * 1965 Merger Treaty- created "European communities"
 * 1993 Maastricht Treaty- created "European Union"
 * purpose: european economic integration
 * customs union, free trade area, common external tarrif
 * common agriculture, trade policies
 * single market
 * the Euro - monetary union
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