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The UK exits the EU on January 31st. The Uk was meant to negotiate future agreements with the EU. Such as concerning customs duties, free movement, the status of Europeans living in the UK and vice versa. -
The EU has 27 member states with a population of about 450 million. 19 counter are member of the eurozone, while six others countries have adopted the euro without being member of the eurozone or the EU. -
The Schengen area now comprises 26 States. Either Cyprus, Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania expected to integrate soon. -
After numerous failures, an agreement for Brexit is finally reached. -
The country then enters in long and difficult negotiations with the EU to define the conditions of their withdrawal. -
The EU signs agreements with Turkey and then with Libya, where the political situation was very unstable, so that they control and block the migration routes in exchange for financial aid. -
The migration crisis divided European countries and fuels the rise of nationalist and Eurosceptic parties. -
In June, the UK through a referendum votes in favor of leaving the EU. -
Despite the construction of walls at the Turkish border. Over a million migrants enter the Schengen area. Europe tries to slow the flow of migration and security patrols were reinforced on the Mediterranean Sea. -
Arab Spring creates instability in many countries. -
The civil war in Syria, a second civil war in Libya and Iraq, and other events in the Horn of Africa push many people to migrate to Europe. -
Croatia joins the EU. -
Portugal, Greece, Spain and Cyprus obtained financial aid from the Eurozone. -
Greece had a big public debt and ask for financial aid from the Eurozone and IMF in exchange for which it must implement austerity measures. -
Ireland also had a big public debt but they didn’t ask for financial aid from the Eurozone. But finally receives aid all the same in exchange for which it must adopt a strict plan. -
2008 and 2009 the Treaty of Lisbon was ratified by all states but Ireland needs a second referendum. -
The global economic and financial crisis has repercussions on the Eurozone, which enters a recession. After the rout of major European banks, many countries find themselves in difficulty. -
27 heads of state sign the Treaty of Lisbon, which aims to strengthen and improve the function of the EU after enlargement. -
The EU’s role is to promote peace, support sustainable development, fight social exclusion and discrimination, and safeguard cultural heritage. -
Romania and Bulgaria join the European Union. -
The French and Dutch populations oppose the Treaty via referendum. -
The Constitutional Treaty would replace all existing treaties with a single text. This sparks heated debate across Europe, fearing an overly powerful EU at the expense of national sovereignty. -
After the half-failure of the Treaty of Nice, the 25 heads of state meet in Rome to again try to streamline the functioning of the EU. -
Ten new countries joins to the European Union. There was Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. -
The currency would be put into circulation only from January 1. -
The Euro is officially launched on the market. -
The Treaty of Amsterdam, its fundamental objective was to create an area of freedom, security and common justice. In addition, the commun currency advances that is called the Euro. However, the UK, Sweden and Denmark don’t want it. -
The UK, Sweden and Denmark set up the European Central Bank. -
Austria, Sweden and Finland joins the Community. There were 15 members in the EU. -
Signed in Schengen, Luxemburg in 1985. The Schengen Agreement is gradually introduced from 1995. It’s objective is to abolish border controls and therefore have total freedom of movement within the EU. -
The Single Market project was completed. -
European heads of state sign the Maastricht Treaty. The EU was created and gets new powers. The treaty envisaged an economic union and the future creation of a common European currency. -
In the East of Europe, the USSR can’t longer contain revolts and collapses, opening up new horizons for the Community. -
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Germany was reunified. -
Spain and Portugal joins the Community. -
12 member states and the European Commission give a boost to the internal market by signing the Single European Act.
In addition to eliminating customs fees, the goal is to remove all obstacles to the free movement of people, goods, capital and services. It was the Single Market. -
The UK under Margaret Thatcher says it doesn’t benefit enough from the CAP, which then represented 80% of EU spending. The country negotiates to obtain a reduction in its contribution to the Community’s budget. -
Greenland leave the Community. -
Greece joins the Community. -
The members of the Europan Parliament are elected by unisversal suffrage for the first time. -
Spain, Portugal and Greece ask to join to the Communities. -
In Paris, the heads of states and the governments come to an agreement to create the European Council. -
The UK, Ireland and Denmark join the Community. -
The UK renews it’s request for membership which France opposes a second time. -
The Merger Treaty cause the merger of the three Communities into a new single Commission. The Commission is divided into the Council, the Parliament and a Court of Justice. -
The Economy become to growth. -
The UK, Ireland, Denmark and Norway ask to join to the Communities, but France under the leadership of Charles vetoes the accesión request. -
The CAP enter into force. -
The treaties of Rome enter into force. -
In Rome the 25th March, six countries to sign two new treaties: 1=Create the European Economic Community (EEC) and 2= European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) cording civilian nuclear research programs. -
The EEC to establish a common market, inclouding allowing the free movement of workers and eliminating tariffs between member states and create the Community Agriculture Policy (CAP). The EURATOM to cording civilian nuclear research programs. -
Germany was divided by the Iron Curtain, and only West Germany becomes part of the Federal German Republic. -
Six countries in Paris sign a treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community. (ECSC) The countries are Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, France and Germany FGR. -
Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands formed other treaty, the Treaty of BENELUX. -
The 9th of May, France via its Forgeign Minister Robert Schuman propose a Franco-German reconciliation. (France and Germany) (Federal German Republic) -
The production of Coal and Steel was the main wealth of industrialised countries. -
The Marshall Plan: West Europe founded a continent. -
The begging of the Cold War, caused by the growing rivalry marks of United States and the USSR. -
United States and the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics are the two major world powers. (USA vs USSR) -
The Second World War ends the 2nd of September. -
The 24th of October, the United Nations Organization was created to keep peace. (UN)