VL IB: European Policy Making

History of European Integration

What were quite successes for the EC in this period?

  1. Enlargement
  2. European Political Cooperation from 1970
  3. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) fully operational in 1972
  4. The European Court of Justice: significant rulings -> drove the Integration process Forward in important ways
  • 1963 (Van Gend & Loos): "direct effect": EC law Transfers right to individuals
  • 1964 (Costa-ENEL): EC law takes supremacy over national law
  • 1979 (Cassis de Dijon): mutual recognition

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