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The European single market, also known as the European internal market or the European common market, is the single market comprising mainly the 27 member states of the European Union (EU). With certain exceptions, it also comprises Iceland , Liechtenstein , Norway (through the Agreement on the European Economic Area ), and Switzerland (through ...
Established in 1993, the EU single market is one of the greatest achievements of the European Union. It guarantees that goods, services, people and capital can move freely throughout the territory of the EU: the ‘four freedoms’. [10] [11] In the context of European integration, these four freedoms are considered to be inseparable and ...
Four Freedoms (European Union) Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945, a Pulitzer-winning history of the era. Liberalism in the United States; Second Bill of Rights, proposed by FDR in his 1944 State of the Union Address
The Treaties of Rome laid down the foundations of the so-called "four freedoms in the EU. Initially they were basic for workers, for the free provision of services and the free movement of goods, later on capital movement was included.
The Treaty of Paris (1951) [4] establishing the European Coal and Steel Community established a right to free movement for workers in these industries, and the Treaty of Rome (1957) [5] provided a right for the free movement of workers within the European Economic Community, to be implemented within 12 years from the date of entry into force of the treaty.
The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (CFR) enshrines certain political, social, and economic rights for European Union (EU) citizens and residents into EU law. It was drafted by the European Convention and solemnly proclaimed on 7 December 2000 by the European Parliament , the Council of Ministers and the European Commission .
7: on the privileges and immunities of the European Union; 8: relating to Article 6(2) of the Treaty on European Union on the accession of the Union to the European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
The following timeline outlines the legal inception of the European Union (EU)—the principal framework for this unification. The EU inherited many of its present responsibilities from the European Communities (EC), which were founded in the 1950s in the spirit of the Schuman Declaration .