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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 ...
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]
They came into force on 1958-01-01 establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom). The latter body fostered co-operation in the nuclear field, at the time a very popular area, and the EEC was to create a full customs union between members.
These countries were so economically linked to the UK that they considered it necessary to join the EEC if the UK did. [20] However the Norwegian government lost a national referendum on membership and hence did not accede with the others on 1 January 1973.
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 ...
The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) had just been joined by the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) and the European Economic Community (EEC), the latter of which soon became the most important. In 1967 the EEC's institutions took over the other two with the EEC's Commission holding its first terms under Hallstein and Rey. [1]
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Britain first began talks to join the EEC in July 1961. [1] The UK's applications to join in 1963 and 1967 were vetoed by the President of France , Charles de Gaulle. While it was true that Britain's economy, like many others, was struggling to recover from the high cost of the Second World War , De Gaulle had personal as well as economic ...