EURR 2002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: European Economic Community, European Atomic Energy Community, Single European Act

• School: Carleton University
• Department: European, Russian and Eurasian Studies
• Course: EURR 2002
• Professor: Joan D

Document Summary

The eu as a global and regional actor. There will be no peace in europe, if the states are reconstituted on the basis of national sovereignty with all that this implies by way of prestige politics and economic protectionism. Europe once more protect themselves against each other, it will be once more be necessary to build up vast armies. The european states must constitute themselves into a federation. Market economic principles (liberalism) as motor of economic integration. European coal and steel community (treaty of paris, 1951) The schuman plan was elaborated by jean monnet, and put forward by the french foreign minister, The schuman plan aimed at making war in europe not only unthinkable, but materially impossible" through the creation of a common market for iron, steel and coal in europe. Based on voluntary process through a succession of treaties between member states: But laws are enforceable (european court of justice)