What is the beginning of the European integration process?

Promote the development of the world pattern and move from bipolarization to multipolarization.

European integration process:

On April 18, 1951, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg signed the Treaty on the Establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community (also known as the Paris Treaty) in Paris, the capital of France, and on July 25, 1952, the European Coal and Steel Community was formally established.

On March 25, 1957, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg signed the Treaty on the Establishment of the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (also known as the Treaty of Rome) in Rome, Italy. On 1 January 1958, the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) were formally formed.

On April 8, 1965, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg signed the Brussels Treaty in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, and decided to merge the European Coal and Steel Community, the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, collectively referred to as the "European Community".

On 1 July 1967, the Brussels Treaty entered into force and the European Community was born. In December 1991, the Maastricht Summit of the European Community adopted the Treaty on European Union, commonly known as the Maastricht Treaty (Maastricht Treaty). On November 1, 1993, the Mayoro came into force and the European Union was born.

From the very beginning, European integration has crossed the stage of the free zone, the customs union was realized on July 1, 1968, the European unified market was basically built in 1993, the euro was successfully launched on January 1, 1999, the monetary union was first realized in 11 member countries, and the stage of building and improving the economic and monetary union is currently being built, and the conditions are actively creating for the realization of the political union.

The significance of European integration:

Enhancing the economic exchanges of European countries and increasing the EU's foreign economic competitiveness conform to the trend of multipolarization in the world, enhance the international status of EU countries, promote the diversity of world cultures, and promote the spread of culture.

It is conducive to maintaining world peace and strengthening Europe's military strength.

Reason: In the 50s of the 20th century, the productive forces of Western European countries developed rapidly, and they demanded more and more strongly to go out of the shadow of the United States. However, the strength of any of them could not be compared with the powerful United States and the Soviet Union, so they embarked on the path of union.

Adenauer's proposal. Schumann plan proposed.

Briefly summarize the reasons: the need for economic development; Counter the United States and the Soviet Union and meet the needs of the revolution.

The rapid rise of industry, the level of manufacturing has been greatly improved, and politics and money have completely ruled.

The process of European integration has gone through several stages of development, such as the establishment of the European Community, the establishment of the Economic and Monetary Union, the further expansion and deepening of the European Union from the European Community to the European Union.