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Ventotene's Manifesto
The founding document for the constitution of federal Europe is subscribed by Altiero Spinelli and Ernesto Rossi during their confinement on the island of Ventotene. -
Italy is one of the six signing countries of ECSC
The European Community of Coal and Steel (ECSC) was created with the treaty of Paris on 18th April 1951 with the initiative of some politicians. One of them was the italian Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi with the aim to share the production of these two raw materials with the six European countries (Belgium, France, Western Germany, Itay, Luxemburg, Netherlands). It was perceived as the first step of a European Federal process. -
Messina Conference
The founders of ECSC decide to involve economy in the European integration process. -
The treaty of Rome: the CEE was born
The treaty of Rome was signed on 25th March 1957 in the italian capital and it represents a fundamental moment in the process of the European community. The six signing countires established the European Economic Community ( CEE ) and with another treaty approved in the same day - that established the European Community of Atomic Energy, known as Euraton. -
The Common Agricoltural Policy was born
CAP guarantees food security and improves the output of the productivity of the old continent. -
Italy presides the European Community Council
The person who becomes president is Aldo Moro, a politician, a scholarl and a legal expert. -
The European council meets in Rome
Europe celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the Treaty of Rome and the European Council meets in the italian capital also for the constitution of the international fund for agricultural development. -
First election of the European parliament with universal suffrage
For the first time the CEE citizens elect directly the members of the European Parliament that were previusly designed by National Parliaments. The influence of Parliament is constantly increasing. -
Single Market was born
In Luxembourg with the single European Act the single market was born with the aim to further facilitate trade among member States. -
EU launches Erasmus Program
Erasmus Program, acronym of European Region Action Scheme For The Mobility of Univesity Students, is a student mobility program of the EU. It also takes the name from the Dutch scholar Erasmus Da Rotterdam. -
Italy joins the Schengen Treaty
The Agreement allows European citizens to travel freely without passport control at the Borders. It will come into force only in 1995. -
The Treaty of Maastricht
The single market is completed thanks to the "four freedoms" of circulation of goods, services, people and capital. The European Community changes its name for a stronger and closer vision of the European peoples. From now on it will be called the European Union. -
The Euro becomes the official currency of the member states
It becomes law on the 1st January 2002. The Euro is the official currency of the European Union and the only currency adopted by 19 of 28 member States . The Euro is managed by the European Central Bank (ECB), with its head office in Frankfurt, and by the European system of central banks. -
The treaty of Nice is signed
Solemn proclamation of the charter of the fundamental rights of European citizens , expression of the principles of democracy and the state on which the European Union is based. -
The Treaty of Lisbon
It was signed in 2007 by member States. It became law the 1st December 2009. with it the EU has modern institutions and more efficient worfing methods. -
The leader celebrate 60 years of EU in Rome and sign the Declaration of Rome
With this they established the main goals for the next 10 years of EU (security, prosperity, sustainability, attention to social policies, diplomatic agreements with the rest of the world).
