European integration has a quite long history, but active integration we can notice only during 20th century. During this century there has been revolutionary integration moments like creating ECSO, which later entering different phases of evolution transformed in the European Union. But along with these processes there has been also some deep integration crisis like in 20th 60ties and later in beginning of 80ties. Some aspects of new kind crisis can be noticed even today when it is possible to notice a strong trend towards neorealistic policies. Such movements weaken integration, but nevertheless it still moves forward. Along with collapse of USSR and steady progress of Easter Europe countries towards Western values – fully working democracy and free market - European Union in early 21st century is on the way towards entering a new level of European integration.

If we want to discuss European integration factors more deeply it is necessary to understand historic situation within which integration started. Therefore we have to turn to situation in Europe straight after II World war. Within this situation European integration motives can be summed up in five key points: first of a

The following processes of integration are marked by series of treaties. Each new treaty marked a new level of integration. Within history of European integration therefore can be distinguished following treaties: 1951. - Treaty of Paris, 1957. - Treaty of Rome, 1965. – The Merger Treaty, 1986. – Single European Act, 1992. – Treaty of Mastriht, 1997. – Treaty of Amsterdam, 2000. – Nice Treaty. All these treaties can be seen as mirrors of ongoing European integration. By analysing these treaties it is possible to conclude that European Union is moving towards some kind of a federalization. While there still are many problems for the EU to become a really federalist state it is already possible to see many indications of federalism: united market, set of institutions, which mark this federalist frame. If we notice latest trends – creation of more centralized power and attempts to increase legitimacy for specific institutions, creation of constitution – then it may be concluded that Unions transformation in federalization of European countries is just a question of time.

There have been several types of problems, which periodically have disturbed process of integration. First of all we can put down economical crisis. For example such series of crisis showed their affect on integration during 1960ties. During crisis nation states turned to protection policies, which directly affected process of marke

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