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In particular, it fundamentally reformed tariff and trade policy by abolishing all internal tariffs by July 1968.
1970-79A growing Community – the first new members join: Denmark, Ireland and the United KingdomHow the European Union developed in the 70s, with the first addition of new members, European elections and a regional policy to boost poorer areas.More about the years 1970-79
Established in 1974, the European Council meets at least twice a year to define the long-term agenda for European political and economic integration.
In 1975 the European Regional Development Fund was created to address regional economic disparities and to provide additional resources to Europe’s most deprived areas.
Beginning in 1979, members were elected directly to five-year terms.
Members also made several attempts to manage their exchange rates collectively, resulting in the establishment of the European Monetary System in 1979.
1980-89The changing face of Europe - the collapse of communismHow the European Union developed in the 1980s with more countries joining, the Erasmus programme and the start of the single market.More about the years 1980-89
The Single European Act (SEA), which entered into force on July 1, 1987, significantly expanded the EEC’s scope.
The European Single Act, which entered into force in 1987, and the Treaties establishing the European Communities were amended extensively.
In 1989 an additional court, the Court of First Instance, was established to assist with the community’s increasing caseload.
1990-99A Europe without frontiersHow the European Union developed in the 1990s, with more expansion, and the launch of the single market, border-free travel and the euro.More about the years 1990-99
The decisiveness of member states for strengthening their ties, initiated negotiations for a new Treaty whose key features were determined at the EU Council in Maastricht on 9-10 December 1991.
The EU was created by the Maastricht Treaty, which entered into force on November 1, 1993.
The main decision-making institution of the EEC and the European Community (as the EEC was renamed in 1993) and the EU has been the Council of the European Union (originally the Council of Ministers), which consists of ministerial representatives.
In 1995, with the participation of Austria, Finland and Sweden, the number of members of the European Union increased to 15.
By this treaty, it was decided to complete the monetary union by 1999, to start European citizenship as well as to cooperate on common foreign and security policy and on justice and home affairs.
The Euro, the single currency of Europe, officially got into circulation on 1 January 2002 and began to be used in 12 countries.
In 2004, the largest enlargement in the history of the European Union took place and 10 new countries (Czech Republic, Estonia, Greek Administration of Southern Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia) joined to the European Union.
Each member selects one judge, who serves a renewable six-year term; to increase efficiency, after the accession of 10 additional countries in 2004 the ECJ was allowed to sit in a “grand chamber” of only 13 judges.
The Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and the European Union
The EU countries, which were significantly affected by the global crisis in 2008, faced economic and financial problems such as rising public deficit, decreasing competitiveness, increasing unemployment and low economic growth.
The negative effects of the crisis were also felt in the EU and the Eurozone economy shrank by 4.1 percent in 2009 which was the biggest depression in its history.
Upon the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty in 2009, the presidency was made permanent, with the officeholder being selected by European Council members.
Besides these, the European External Action Service was founded on 26 July 2010.
CHRONOLOGY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION(2010-Present)
The EU reached an agreement with Türkiye on 18 March 2016 to overcome the crisis of irregular migration.
On 29 March 2017, Prime Minister Theresa May submitted a letter with the official notification of the UK's departure from the EU to the European Council.
The White Paper contains 5 scenarios: “Carrying On”, “Nothing but the Single Market”, “Those Who Want More Do More”, “Doing Less More Efficiently”, and “Doing Much More Together”. Thus, on 1 March 2017, the European Commission announced the White Paper on the Future of the European Union to the public.
Following the European Parliament elections, the EU Summit was held on 2 July 2019, and as a result new presidents of EU institutions were determined.
The work of EU leaders who are expected to take office in November 2019 will be important both in terms of the future of the EU as well as of Türkiye-EU relations.
2020-todayCOVID-19 and the road to recoveryHow the European Union has developed since 2020, responding to the COVID-19 pandemic while putting Europe on the road to economic recovery and fighting climate change.More about the years 2020 to today
The United Kingdom, which had been a founding member of the EU, left the organization in 2020.
The Department of History is pleased to announce that researchers Elena Maria Rita Rizzi and Bohdan Shumylovych are the joint winners of the 2022 James Kaye Memorial Prize for the Best Doctoral Thesis in History and Visuality.
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