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Portugal once again looked to open negotiations with the EEC in 1969. [55] These negotiations were more fruitful, and eventually culminated in a trade agreement between the EEC and Portugal, [56] [57] albeit one that came at the same time as the EEC were negotiating free trade agreements with all Member States of EFTA. [58] [49]
The EEC's areas of activities were enlarged and were renamed the European Community, continuing to follow the supranational structure of the EEC. The EEC institutions became those of the EU, however the Court, Parliament and Commission had only limited input in the new pillars, as they worked on a more intergovernmental system than the European ...
The European Communities (EC) were three international organizations that were governed by the same set of institutions.These were the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom), and the European Economic Community (EEC), the last of which was renamed the European Community (EC) in 1993 by the Maastricht Treaty establishing the European Union.
The United Kingdom, which had refused to join as a founding member, changed its policy following the Suez crisis and applied to be a member of the Communities. Other EEC members were also inclined to British membership on those grounds. French President Charles de Gaulle vetoed British membership. [20]
1963 – Ankara Agreement initiated a three-step process toward creating a Customs Union which would help secure Turkey's full membership in the EEC. 1963 – Charles de Gaulle vetoes UK entry; 1967 – ECSC, EEC and Euratom merged; 1973 – Accession of Denmark, Ireland and the UK; 1979 – First direct elections to Parliament; 1981 ...
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Spain applied for the status of an associated country to the European Economic Community for the first time on February 9, 1962, in a letter written by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Fernando Maria Castiella to the President of the Council of Ministers of the EEC, the French Maurice Couve de Murville: on the basis of "Spain's European vocation," its geographical situation, and its economic ...
In 1965, France's president Charles de Gaulle decided to recall French representatives from dealing with the Council of Ministers, greatly crippling the EEC's operations. This was known as the "Empty Chair Crisis." [7] To resolve this, the members agreed to the Luxembourg Compromise, in which veto power was given to members of the EC on ...