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