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To what extent did the concept of free trade of the European Economic Community contribute to the formation of the European Union? Examine.

  • UPSC 2025
  • Unification of Europe

The European Economic Community (EEC), founded on the principle of free trade, is often treated as the direct ancestor of the European Union (EU) — but "to what extent" demands separating free trade's genuine causal weight from other, equally decisive, forces.

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  • Free Trade as the Functional Engine of Integration
  • The Treaty of Rome and the Customs Union
  • The Spillover Effect: Neofunctionalism in Practice
  • Institutional Deepening Driven by Market Requirements
  • Weighing the Non-Economic Contributions
  • The Pursuit of Peace and Franco-German Reconciliation
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