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Trace the different stages of European economic integration.

  • UPSC 2024
  • Unification of Europe

European economic integration evolved through a sequence of deliberate, cumulative stages, each building institutionally on the last, transforming a war-ravaged continent into one of the world's most integrated economic regions.

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  • Post-War Foundations and Early Cooperation (1944–1950)
  • Stage One: The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC, 1951)
  • Stage Two: The Treaty of Rome and the European Economic Community (EEC, 1957)
  • Stage Three: Customs Union Completion and Institutional Consolidation (1968–1979)
  • Stage Four: The Single European Act and the Single Market (1986–1992)
  • Stage Five: The Maastricht Treaty and the European Union (1992)
  • …and 3 more sections, with a conclusion

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