THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION WAS THE CULMINATION OF OVER NINETY YEAR'S WORK TO INTEGRATE THE CONTINENT. INITIALLY INSPIRED BY PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON'S "FOURTEEN POINTS" FOLLOWING THE FIRST WORLD WAR, THE MOVEMENT SHOWED PROMISE IN THE 1920'S BEFORE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DISCORD LED TO THE SECOND WORLD WAR. THE GROUNDBREAKING FORMATION OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY AND THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY (EEC) IN THE 1950'S PROVIDED THE BLUEPRINT FOR UNIFICATION EFFORTS TO FOLLOW. ATTEMPTS TO EXPAND THE EEC IN THE 1960'S WERE REBUFFED BY FRENCH PRESIDENT CHARLES DE GAULLE,...
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION WAS THE CULMINATION OF OVER NINETY YEAR'S WORK TO INTEGRATE THE CONTINENT. INITIALLY INSPIRED BY PRESIDENT WOO...
