... on the further potential for friction and conflict and these institutional systems are adapted to handle these issues, specifically the events of and after 11 September 2001. In Western European history, the majority of tensions have primarily been between Germany and France, dating back to the Napoleonic War of the early 19th Century, and followed by the Franco-German War of ... Western European Union (WEU) unified Europe in 1948, and the failure of the European Defence Community (EDC) in 1954 opened the WEU doors to the Federal Republic of Germany and Italy for a stronger union. In mo...

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... steel industries, and established the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). Being this the first step towards a better economic Europe, in 1957, the first six member states, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxemburg and the Netherlands, signed the Treaties of Rome, establishing the European Economic Community (EEC). Continuing with the integration, many other nation states decided to join the EEC mainly for ... a whole. After going through different stages, the European Monetary Union was finally achieved in 1999, with the third stage in which the Euro came into operation (Nugent 5...

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