European integration

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economic process legal process political process regional integration

European integration is the political, economic, and legal process through which European countries have increasingly coordinated and pooled sovereignty, most notably within frameworks such as the European Union.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
EU enlargement	1
European Union politics	1
European federalist movement	1
European federalists	1
Pan-Europeanism	1

Statements (96)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	economic process ⓘ legal process ⓘ political process ⓘ regional integration ⓘ
aimsTo	create a common market ⓘ enhance political cooperation ⓘ facilitate free movement of capital ⓘ facilitate free movement of goods ⓘ facilitate free movement of people ⓘ facilitate free movement of services ⓘ prevent war in Europe ⓘ promote economic prosperity ⓘ promote peace in Europe ⓘ
hasConsequence	creation of a single European market ⓘ increased intra-European trade ⓘ increased labour mobility within Europe ⓘ introduction of a common currency for many Member States ⓘ reduction of internal border controls ⓘ shared competition rules ⓘ shared consumer protection rules ⓘ shared environmental policies ⓘ shared regulatory standards ⓘ
hasDimension	economic integration ⓘ legal integration ⓘ monetary integration ⓘ political integration ⓘ security integration ⓘ social integration ⓘ territorial integration ⓘ
hasHistoricalRoot	Marshall Plan cooperation ⓘ desire to prevent future European wars ⓘ post-World War II reconstruction ⓘ
hasKeyActor	European Commission ⓘ Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ surface form: European Court of Justice European Parliament ⓘ European integration self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: European federalists European political parties ⓘ founding Member States of the European Communities ⓘ national governments of European states ⓘ
hasKeyConcept	acquis communautaire ⓘ deepening of integration ⓘ enlargement ⓘ ever closer union ⓘ multi-speed Europe ⓘ opt-outs ⓘ subsidiarity ⓘ supranationalism ⓘ variable geometry ⓘ
hasKeyEvent	Treaty of Amsterdam ⓘ surface form: Amsterdam Treaty 1997 Treaty of Lisbon ⓘ surface form: Lisbon Treaty 2007 Treaty on European Union ⓘ surface form: Maastricht Treaty 1992 Treaty of Nice ⓘ surface form: Nice Treaty 2001 Schengen Agreement 1985 ⓘ Schengen Agreement 1985 ⓘ surface form: Schengen Convention 1990 Schuman Declaration ⓘ Single European Act ⓘ surface form: Single European Act 1986 Treaty of Paris (1951) ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Paris 1951 Treaty of Rome ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Rome 1957 enlargements of the European Union ⓘ establishment of the Euro 1999 ⓘ
hasKeyFramework	Common Foreign and Security Policy ⓘ Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ Council of Europe ⓘ Council of the European Union ⓘ European Union customs union ⓘ surface form: Customs Union of the European Union European Atomic Energy Community ⓘ European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ European Commission ⓘ European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ European Council ⓘ Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ surface form: European Court of Justice European Economic Community ⓘ European Free Trade Association ⓘ European Parliament ⓘ European Union ⓘ Eurozone ⓘ Schengen Area ⓘ European Union internal market ⓘ surface form: Single Market
hasOppositionFrom	Eurosceptic movements ⓘ
hasPrimaryRegion	Europe ⓘ
hasSupportFrom	pro-European movements ⓘ
involves	cohesion policy ⓘ Common Agricultural Policy ⓘ surface form: common agricultural policy common competition policy ⓘ common external tariff ⓘ common trade policy ⓘ coordination of fiscal rules ⓘ coordination of monetary policy ⓘ creation of supranational institutions ⓘ harmonisation of laws ⓘ intergovernmental cooperation ⓘ joint decision-making in EU institutions ⓘ mutual recognition of professional qualifications ⓘ pooling of national sovereignty ⓘ regional development funds ⓘ structural funds ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Frits Bolkestein → fieldOfWork → European integration ⓘ

Erasmus+ Jean Monnet actions → focusesOn → European integration ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Union politics

Open VLD → focusesOn → European integration ⓘ

European integration → hasKeyActor → European integration self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: European federalists

Class V: Social Sciences, Law and Economics → hasTopic → European integration ⓘ

Euroscepticism → isAbout → European integration ⓘ

this entity surface form: EU enlargement

Kohl → notableFor → European integration ⓘ

subject surface form: Helmut Kohl

Salvador de Madariaga → participatedIn → European integration ⓘ

this entity surface form: European federalist movement

pan-Slavism → relatedTo → European integration ⓘ

subject surface form: Pan-Slavism

this entity surface form: Pan-Europeanism