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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 .
The number of European countries with national animal welfare laws grows. [15] The number of animals raised and killed for food increases dramatically with the advent of intensive animal agriculture [16] The number of animal used in research also increases significantly with the growth of scientific and medical research. [17] 1970–2016
European Union Council Directive 1999/74/EC [63] was legislation passed by the European Union on the minimum standards for keeping egg laying hens which effectively banned conventional battery cages. 2000–2009 Bans on fur farming were instituted in the United Kingdom, Austria, Netherlands, Switzerland, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. [25 ...
The European Union since 1945 (Routledge, 2014). Chaban, N. and M. Holland, eds. Communicating Europe in Times of Crisis: External Perceptions of the European Union (2014). Dedman, Martin. The origins and development of the European Union 1945-1995: a history of European integration (Routledge, 2006). De Vries, Catherine E. "Don't Mention the War!
The European Union Association Agreement does something similar for a much larger range of countries, partly as a so-called soft approach ('a carrot instead of a stick') to influence the politics in those countries. The European Union represents all its members at the World Trade Organization (WTO), and acts on behalf of member states in any ...
American Committee on United Europe; History of European integration (1948–1957) History of the European Communities (1958–1972) History of the European Communities (1973–1993) 1973 enlargement of the European Communities; 1986 Danish Single European Act referendum; 1986 enlargement of the European Communities; 1992 Danish Maastricht ...
The European Union imposed heavy sanctions on Russia and agreed on a pooled military aid package to Ukraine for lethal weapons funded via the European Peace Facility off-budget instrument. [53] [54] Likewise, neighbouring EU member countries received a mass influx of Ukrainian refugees fleeing the conflict over the course of the first weeks of ...
Timeline of European exploration (1418 – present) Timeline of European imperialism (1402–1919) Timelines of modern history (1500 CE – present) Timeline of early modern history (1500 CE – 1899) Timeline of the Salem witch trials (1688–1713) List of African-American firsts (1738–present) Timeline of the Lewis and Clark Expedition ...