UK Integration into the EMS

This research examines the integration of the United Kingdom ì

(UK) into the European Monetary System (EMS). Background ì

information of the European Community (EC) and its development is ì

provided and the role of the EC in international finance is ì

addressed as a part of this examination.ì

Creation and Evolution of the ECì

The European Economic Community (EEC) was created with the ì

signing of the Treaty of Rome in 1957 by Belgium, France, the ì

Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the ì

1C. Brewin, "The European Community: A Union Of States ì

Without A Union Of Government," Journal of Common Market Studiesô, ì

»  The European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) was ì

created at the same time, by the same treaty, and with the same ì

membership (Brewin, 1987). Both the EEC and EURATOM became ì

functioning realities on 1 January 1958. ì

Prior to the creation of the EEC and EURATOM, the European ì

Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) had been created by a treaty ì

signed in Paris in 1951, and became a functional reality on 10 ì

August 1952. The ECSC was the first of the communities, and when ì

it was formed was comprised of the same six member countries th

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ì divided on a political response, no action will be taken in the ì ì name of the EC. ì  ääá The Single Act also changed voting within EC bodies to (1) a ì ì proportional system based both on population, and financial ì ì contribution to the EC, from an equal vote for all members, and ì ì (2) a 56 percent majority vote, from a unanimous vote, in both ì ì the European Commission, and the Council of Ministers. Thus, the ì ì EC, as an entity, which has in the past been very tight in their ì ì agreement for a member to opt out, may be able to even more ì ì effectively restrict such actions subsequent to 1992--the ì ì effective date for the Single Act. ì  ääá Monetary union is a component of the regional integration of ì ì nations. The fourth level of such integration is economic union, ì ì which includes the adding of monetary and fiscal harmonization ì ì among member countries to the common market system. The final ì ì level of regional integration, political union, involves the ì ì creation of a single government over all member countries, and ì ì the loss of national identity for the individual member states of ì ì the union. It is the fourth and fifth levels
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Approximate Word count = 3639
Approximate Pages = 15 (250 words per page)

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