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Economic Integration: How close can sovereign states be?

Free Trade Area

Custom Union

Single Market

Economic Union

Sovereign State

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Levels of Economic Integration

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Regional Organizations

• European Union (EU) as an example– How regional

TREATIES reshaped war-torn Europe

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Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia

Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia

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25 members, 450 million population

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EECEuropean Coal and Steel Community

1951

European Atomic Energy Community

1957

European Economic Community 1957

European Economic Communities

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EU 1992ECSC 1951

Rome Treaty 1957

Signal European Act 1986

European Union

Common

Foreign

Security

Policy

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EU 1992ECSC 1951

Rome Treaty 1957

Signal European Act 1986

European Union

Common

Foreign

Security

Policy

Justice &

Home

Affairs

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EU 1992ECSC 1951

Rome Treaty 1957

Signal European Act 1986

European Union

Common

Foreign

Security

Policy

Justice &

Home

Affairs

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EU 2002ECSC 1951

Rome Treaty 1957

Signal European Act 1986

European Union

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Foreign

Security

Policy

Justice &

Home

Affairs