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Ever Closer Union
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For over 50 years European nations have been forming an "ever closer union", resulting in the European Union as we know it today. The objectives of the European Union are as follows: * To promote economic and social progress * To assert the identity of the European Union on the international scene * To introduce European citizenship * To develop an area of freedom, security and justice * To maintain and build on established EU law The European Union has only really existed since the early 1990s, although the term has been used for much longer. Milestones on the following page of the major events on the European Union. The Maastricht Treaty renamed the European Community, the European Union by forming what are known as the three pillars of the EU. (The Maastrict Treaty will be talked about in more depth further on) Which are: * European Community * Common Foreign and Security Policy * Justice and Home Affairs The...
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