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very same day of the enlargement was chosen to enact an in-depth reform of the Staff Regulation, which was intended to bring significant savings in administrative costs. As a result, employment conditions (career & retirement perspectives) worsened for officials recruited after that date. Since by definition officials of the "new" Member States were recruited after the enlargement, these new conditions affected all of them (although they also affect nationals of the former 15 Member States who have been recruited after 1 May 2004).
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acknowledgement of the economic benefits of immigration. Following the 2007 enlargement, most countries placed restrictions on the new states, including the most open in 2004 (Ireland and the United Kingdom) with only Sweden, Finland and the 2004 members (minus Malta and Hungary). But by April 2008, these restrictions on the eight members had been dropped by all members except Germany and Austria.
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states, transitional restrictions up to 1 May 2011 could be put in place, and EU workers still had a preferential right over non-EU workers in looking for jobs even if restrictions were placed upon their country. No restrictions were placed on Cyprus or Malta. The following restrictions were put in place by each country;
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The internal impact has also been relevant. The arrival of additional members has put an additional stress on the governance of the Institutions, and increased significantly overheads (for example, through the multiplication of official languages). Furthermore, there is a division of staff, since the
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Austria and Germany: Restriction on free movement and to provide certain services. Work permits still needed for all countries. In Austria, to be employed the worker needs to have been employed for more than a year in his home country prior to accession. Germany had bilateral quotas which remained in
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from the new members to the old EU-15, some transitional restrictions were put in place. Mobility within the EU-15 (plus Cyprus) and within the new states (minus Cyprus) functioned as normal (although the new states had the right to impose restrictions on travel between them). Between the old and new
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Before the 2004 enlargement, the EU had twelve treaty languages: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Irish, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. However, due to the 2004 enlargement, nine new official languages were added: Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Hungarian, Estonian,
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a particular reason for grouping the A8 countries was an expectation that they would be the origin for a new wave of increased migration to wealthier European countries. They initially proved to be the origin of a new wave of migration, with many citizens moving from these countries to other states
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Since 1974 Cyprus has been divided between the free and legitimate areas of the Republic of Cyprus with the majority being Greek-speaking Cypriots and the northern areas under Turkish military occupation (the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus). The Republic of Cyprus is recognised
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Finland: 2 years of transitional arrangements where a work permit would be granted only where a Finnish national cannot be found for the job. Does not apply to students, part-time workers, entrepreneurs, people living in Finland for non-work purposes, people who were already living in Finland for a
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At the Luxembourg summit in 1997, the EU accepted the commission's opinion to invite Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Estonia and Cyprus to start talks on their accession to the EU. The negotiation process started on 31 March 1998. Poland finished the accession negotiations in December
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making an imprint on the rest of the EU. The extent to which E8 immigration generated a lasting public backlash has been debated. Ten years after the enlargement, a study showed that increases in E8 migrants in Western Europe over the last ten years had been accompanied by a more widespread
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the Greek Cypriots rejected the plan. Thus, a week later, the Republic of Cyprus joined the EU with political issues unresolved. Legally, as the northern republic is not recognised by the EU, the entire island excluding the British overseas territory of
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Limerick, Ireland's third largest City, hosted Slovenia as one of ten Cities and Towns to individually welcome the ten accession countries. The then Slovenian Prime Minister Anton Rop was Guest Speaker at a business luncheon hosted by Limerick Chamber.
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Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia became members on 1 May 2004, but some areas of cooperation in the European Union will apply to some of the EU member states at a later date. These are:
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found that the 2004 enlargement had aggregate beneficial economic effects on all groups in both the old and new member states. The largest winners were the new member states, in particular unskilled labor in the new member states.
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Despite the fears, migration within the EU concerns less than 2% of the population. However, the migration did cause controversy in those countries which saw a noticeable influx, creating the image of a
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The "Polish Plumber" cliché adopted by Poland's tourism board to advertise Poland as a tourist destination on the French market. (English translation: "I am staying in Poland, come in large numbers")
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to be transposed. It demanded a lot of administrative work and immense economic change, and raised major cultural problems – e.g. new legal concepts and language consistency problems.
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political scientist Thomas Risse wrote, "there is a consensus in the literature on Eastern Europe that the EU membership perspective had a huge anchoring effects for the new democracies."
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within the EU, later giving a way to newer EU members, like Romania, Bulgaria, and increasing migration from the southern Europe struck by the global financial crisis. In a limelight of
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so it is easier to read by those with disabilities by adding an additional means for these readers to access the relevant information. See the guides to editing for accessibility at
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Netherlands: Initially against restrictions, but tightened up its policies in early 2004 and said it would tighten its policies if more than 22,000 workers arrived per year.
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within the Western Bloc and later expanded to twelve countries across Europe. European communist countries had a looser economic grouping with the USSR known as
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France: Five years of restrictions depending on sector and region. Students, researchers, self-employed and service providers were exempt from the restrictions.
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between the two superpowers was coming to an end, with the USSR's influence over communist Europe collapsing. As the communist states began their transition to
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was signed by Poland. The Agreement came into force on 1 February 1994 (its III part on the mutual trade relations came into force earlier on 1 March 1992).
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That candidate countries achieve stable institutions that guarantee democracy, legality, human rights and respect for and protection of minorities.
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as the sole legitimate government by every UN (and EU) member state except Turkey, while the northern occupied area is recognised only by Turkey.
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Poland: Reciprocal limits, only British and Irish citizens had free access. Countries with looser or tighter limits face similar limits in Poland.
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At 12 years after the enlargement, the EU was still "digesting" the change. The influx of new members had effectively put an end to the
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in 1989/1990 in Poland, Poland embarked on a series of reforms and changes in foreign policy, intending to join the EU and
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As of May 2011, there are no longer any special restrictions on the free movement of citizens of these new member states.
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That candidate countries are capable of accepting all the membership responsibilities, political, economic and monetary.
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Accession of Poland to the European Union took place in May 2004. Poland had been negotiating with the EU since 1989.
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in Athens, Greece, between the then-EU members and the ten acceding countries. The text also amended the main
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The simultaneous accessions concerned the following countries (sometimes referred to as the "A10" countries):
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Efforts to reunite the island continue as of 2022. European Union membership forced the country to suspend
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Cyprus began talks to join the EU, which provided impetus to solve the dispute. With the agreement of the
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That candidate countries have a working market economy, capable of competing effectively on EU markets.
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behind the EU, as its relatively newer members, Poland and Sweden, set the policy agenda, for example
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and the negotiations officially began in December 1990. About a year later, on 16 December 1991 the
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Magen, A.; Risse, T.; McFaul, M. (2009). Magen, Amichai; Risse, Thomas; McFaul, Michael A. (eds.).
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Malta: No restrictions on its workers, but does have the right to migration into the country.
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situation is that the Government is unable to extend its controls into the occupied areas.
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for Cyprus, it was hoped that the two communities would join the EU together as a single
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Caliendo, Lorenzo; Parro, Fernando; Opromolla, Luca David; Sforza, Alessandro (2021).
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year or people who would be entitled to work anyway if they were from a third country.
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Cameron, David (2007). "Post-Communist Democracy: The Impact of the European Union".
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was sung and there was a laser show in Malta among the various other celebrations.
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Presidency Conclusions of the European Council in Luxembourg, 12–13 December 1997
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took part in celebrations on the Italian-Slovenian border at the divided town of
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between all 25 states would naturally have applied. However, due to concerns of
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As a result of diplomatic interventions by the central European states of the
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of membership negotiations according to the 1997 Opinions and 1999 Reports.
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Cyprus dispute § EU accession and the settlement process, 1997–present
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and four were and still are member states of the Central European alliance
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Britons feel better about immigration when Eastern Europeans settle here
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On 19 May 1990 Poland started a procedure to begin negotiations for an
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Voting Yes by a wide margin of about 77.5% with a turnout of around 59%
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is a member of the EU as part of the Republic of Cyprus, though the
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strategy was launched soon after to adapt more the structure of the
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22. Regional Policy & Coordination of Structural Instruments
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United Kingdom: Welfare restrictions only, registration needed.
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argued that the 2004 enlargement of the EU contributed to the
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in May 1945, Europe found itself divided between a capitalist
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summit in June 1993 that: "the associate member states from
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retained its majority and declared a mandate for accession.
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3. Right of Establishment & Freedom to provide Services
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European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters
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contained 3,000 directives and some 100,000 pages in the
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EU-25: Member States grapple with the free labour market
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during the 2004 enlargement are grouped together as the
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Commission prepares its opinion (and subsequent reports)
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fought on the same question and after which the pro-EU
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Freedom of movement for workers in the European Union
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Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters
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Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters
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EU still 'digesting' 2004 enlargement five years on
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3342: 3336: 3335: 3332: 3326: 3325: 3322: 3316: 3315: 3312: 3306: 3305: 3302: 3296: 3295: 3292: 3286: 3285: 3282: 3276: 3275: 3272: 3266: 3265: 3262: 3256: 3255: 3252: 3246: 3245: 3242: 3240:Rey Commission 3236: 3235: 3232: 3224: 3219: 3218: 3215: 3214: 3209: 3208: 3205: 3199: 3198: 3195: 3193:Treaty of Nice 3189: 3188: 3185: 3179: 3178: 3175: 3169: 3168: 3165: 3159: 3158: 3155: 3149: 3148: 3145: 3143:Treaty of Rome 3139: 3138: 3135: 3127: 3122: 3121: 3118: 3117: 3112: 3111: 3108: 3102: 3101: 3098: 3092: 3091: 3088: 3081: 3080: 3077: 3071: 3070: 3067: 3061: 3060: 3057: 3049: 3048: 3047:(1958–present) 3045: 3037: 3036: 3033: 3025: 3024: 3021: 3013: 3012: 3009: 3001: 2998: 2997: 2994: 2993: 2990: 2989: 2984: 2979: 2974: 2969: 2964: 2962:Pre-1948 ideas 2958: 2953: 2952: 2949: 2948: 2940: 2939: 2937:European Union 2935:History of the 2931: 2930: 2923: 2916: 2915: 2912: 2905: 2898: 2891: 2884: 2882: 2878: 2877: 2874: 2871: 2868: 2865: 2862: 2860: 2856: 2855: 2852: 2849: 2846: 2843: 2840: 2838: 2834: 2833: 2828: 2825: 2822: 2819: 2816: 2811: 2797: 2796: 2791: 2788: 2785: 2782: 2779: 2774: 2760: 2759: 2754: 2751: 2748: 2745: 2742: 2737: 2723: 2722: 2713: 2710: 2707: 2704: 2701: 2696: 2682: 2681: 2676: 2673: 2670: 2667: 2664: 2659: 2645: 2644: 2639: 2636: 2633: 2630: 2627: 2622: 2608: 2607: 2602: 2599: 2596: 2593: 2590: 2585: 2571: 2570: 2565: 2562: 2559: 2556: 2553: 2548: 2534: 2533: 2528: 2525: 2522: 2519: 2516: 2511: 2509:Czech Republic 2497: 2496: 2487: 2484: 2481: 2478: 2475: 2470: 2456: 2455: 2452: 2447: 2442: 2439: 2436: 2433: 2410: 2407: 2394: 2393: 2388: 2383: 2378: 2373: 2368: 2363: 2358: 2356:Czech Republic 2326:European Union 2321: 2318: 2301: 2300: 2297: 2294: 2275:Visegrád Group 2211: 2198: 2195: 2143: 2126: 2123: 2121: 2118: 2117: 2116: 2106: 2090: 2087: 2080:commemorating 2062:Polish Plumber 2057: 2056: 2053: 2050: 2047: 2044: 2041: 2038: 2035: 2032: 2029: 2026: 2015: 2011: 2008: 2005: 2002: 1993:mass migration 1967: 1964: 1961: 1960: 1951: 1945: 1939: 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Statistics 1626: 1625: 1622: 1619: 1613: 1612: 1609: 1606: 1600: 1599: 1596: 1593: 1587: 1586: 1583: 1580: 1574: 1573: 1570: 1567: 1561: 1560: 1557: 1554: 1548: 1547: 1544: 1541: 1535: 1534: 1531: 1528: 1522: 1521: 1518: 1515: 1509: 1508: 1505: 1502: 1496: 1495: 1492: 1489: 1483: 1482: 1479: 1476: 1474:6. Company Law 1470: 1469: 1466: 1463: 1457: 1456: 1453: 1450: 1444: 1443: 1440: 1437: 1431: 1430: 1427: 1424: 1418: 1417: 1414: 1411: 1405: 1404: 1400:Acquis chapter 1397: 1394: 1393: 1390: 1387: 1381: 1380: 1379:16 April 2003 1377: 1376:16 April 2003 1374: 1368: 1367: 1364: 1361: 1355: 1354: 1351: 1350:31 March 1998 1348: 1342: 1341: 1338: 1335: 1325: 1324: 1321: 1318: 1312: 1311: 1308: 1305: 1295: 1294: 1291: 1288: 1282: 1281: 1278: 1275: 1269: 1268: 1265: 1262: 1256: 1255: 1252: 1249: 1243: 1242: 1239: 1236: 1220: 1219: 1216: 1213: 1207: 1206: 1203: 1200: 1194: 1193: 1190: 1187: 1181: 1180: 1177: 1174: 1165: 1164: 1161: 1160: 1155: 1153:Czech Republic 1150: 1147: 1139: 1138: 1118: 1116: 1104: 1103: 1075:, please help 1061: 1059: 1052: 1046: 1043: 954: 951: 915: 912: 906:, aligning to 853: 850: 841: 840: 834:September 2011 820: 818: 806: 805: 800: 795: 792: 791: 786: 781: 778: 777: 772: 767: 764: 763: 758: 753: 750: 749: 744: 739: 736: 735: 730: 725: 722: 721: 716: 711: 708: 707: 702: 697: 694: 693: 688: 683: 680: 679: 672: 669: 646:Visegrád Group 602:Czech Republic 585: 584: 582: 581: 574: 567: 559: 556: 555: 542: 541: 538: 537: 532: 525: 524: 518: 517: 516: 511: 506: 500: 497: 496: 493: 492: 487: 486: 483: 477: 476: 473: 467: 466: 463: 457: 456: 453: 447: 446: 443: 437: 436: 433: 427: 426: 423: 417: 416: 413: 407: 406: 403: 397: 396: 393: 387: 386: 383: 377: 376: 373: 371:Rey Commission 367: 366: 363: 355: 350: 349: 346: 345: 340: 339: 336: 330: 329: 326: 324:Treaty of Nice 320: 319: 316: 310: 309: 306: 300: 299: 296: 290: 289: 286: 280: 279: 276: 274:Treaty of Rome 270: 269: 266: 258: 253: 252: 249: 248: 243: 242: 239: 233: 232: 229: 223: 222: 219: 212: 211: 208: 202: 201: 198: 192: 191: 188: 180: 179: 178:(1958–present) 176: 168: 167: 164: 156: 155: 152: 144: 143: 140: 132: 129: 128: 125: 124: 121: 120: 115: 110: 105: 100: 95: 93:Pre-1948 ideas 89: 84: 83: 80: 79: 71: 70: 68:European Union 66:History of the 62: 61: 54: 42: 36: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 6768: 6757: 6754: 6752: 6749: 6747: 6744: 6742: 6739: 6737: 6734: 6732: 6729: 6727: 6724: 6722: 6719: 6717: 6714: 6712: 6709: 6707: 6704: 6702: 6699: 6697: 6694: 6692: 6689: 6687: 6684: 6682: 6679: 6677: 6674: 6673: 6671: 6656: 6653: 6651: 6648: 6647: 6642: 6638: 6637: 6633: 6627: 6624: 6622: 6619: 6617: 6614: 6612: 6609: 6607: 6604: 6602: 6599: 6597: 6594: 6593: 6591: 6589: 6585: 6575: 6572: 6570: 6567: 6565: 6562: 6560: 6557: 6555: 6554:Media freedom 6552: 6550: 6547: 6545: 6542: 6540: 6537: 6535: 6532: 6530: 6529: 6525: 6524: 6521: 6518: 6516: 6512: 6500: 6497: 6495: 6492: 6491: 6490: 6487: 6485: 6482: 6480: 6477: 6475: 6472: 6470: 6467: 6465: 6462: 6460: 6457: 6455: 6452: 6450: 6447: 6445: 6442: 6440: 6437: 6435: 6432: 6430: 6427: 6423: 6420: 6419: 6418: 6415: 6413: 6410: 6408: 6405: 6403: 6400: 6398: 6395: 6391: 6388: 6387: 6386: 6383: 6381: 6378: 6377: 6375: 6373: 6367: 6359: 6356: 6354: 6351: 6349: 6346: 6344: 6341: 6339: 6336: 6334: 6331: 6327: 6324: 6323: 6322: 6319: 6317: 6314: 6310: 6307: 6306: 6305: 6302: 6300: 6299:Energy policy 6297: 6295: 6292: 6290: 6289:Customs Union 6287: 6285: 6282: 6280: 6277: 6276: 6275: 6274:Single market 6272: 6266: 6263: 6262: 6261: 6258: 6254: 6251: 6249: 6246: 6245: 6244: 6241: 6239: 6236: 6235: 6234: 6231: 6227: 6224: 6222: 6219: 6217: 6214: 6210: 6207: 6206: 6205: 6202: 6201: 6200: 6197: 6193: 6190: 6188: 6185: 6182: 6178: 6177:identity card 6175: 6173: 6170: 6168: 6165: 6163: 6160: 6157: 6154: 6152: 6151:Schengen Area 6149: 6147: 6144: 6143: 6142: 6139: 6138: 6136: 6132: 6126: 6123: 6121: 6118: 6116: 6113: 6111: 6108: 6106: 6103: 6101: 6098: 6096: 6093: 6091: 6088: 6086: 6083: 6081: 6078: 6076: 6073: 6071: 6068: 6066: 6063: 6061: 6058: 6056: 6053: 6052: 6050: 6046: 6043: 6041: 6037: 6027: 6024: 6022: 6019: 6017: 6014: 6012: 6009: 6005: 6002: 6001: 6000: 5997: 5991: 5988: 5987: 5986: 5983: 5982: 5981: 5978: 5976: 5973: 5971: 5968: 5966: 5963: 5961: 5958: 5957: 5954: 5951: 5949: 5945: 5937: 5934: 5932: 5929: 5928: 5927: 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3083: 3082: 3078: 3076: 3073: 3072: 3068: 3066: 3063: 3062: 3058: 3056: 3055: 3051: 3050: 3046: 3044: 3043: 3039: 3038: 3034: 3032: 3031: 3027: 3026: 3022: 3020: 3019: 3015: 3014: 3010: 3008: 3005: 3004: 2996: 2995: 2988: 2985: 2983: 2980: 2978: 2975: 2973: 2970: 2968: 2965: 2963: 2960: 2959: 2956: 2951: 2950: 2946: 2942: 2941: 2938: 2932: 2927: 2921: 2913: 2911: 2906: 2904: 2899: 2897: 2892: 2890: 2885: 2883: 2880: 2879: 2875: 2872: 2869: 2866: 2863: 2861: 2858: 2857: 2853: 2850: 2847: 2844: 2841: 2839: 2836: 2835: 2832: 2829: 2826: 2823: 2820: 2817: 2815: 2812: 2810: 2799: 2798: 2795: 2792: 2789: 2786: 2783: 2780: 2778: 2775: 2773: 2762: 2761: 2758: 2755: 2752: 2749: 2746: 2743: 2741: 2738: 2736: 2725: 2724: 2721: 2717: 2714: 2711: 2708: 2705: 2702: 2700: 2697: 2695: 2684: 2683: 2680: 2677: 2674: 2671: 2668: 2665: 2663: 2660: 2658: 2647: 2646: 2643: 2640: 2637: 2634: 2631: 2628: 2626: 2623: 2621: 2610: 2609: 2606: 2603: 2600: 2597: 2594: 2591: 2589: 2586: 2584: 2573: 2572: 2569: 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History of the
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Timeline
Pre-1948 ideas
1948–1957
1958–1972
1973–1993
1993–2004
2004–present
European Communities
European Coal and Steel Community
European Economic Community
European Atomic Energy Community
European Community
Justice and Home Affairs
Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters
Common Foreign and Security Policy
Western European Union
Western Union
Treaties
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Rome
Merger Treaty
Single European Act
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