Integration of the UK into the EMS
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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 that ì The three communities--the EEC, EURATOM, and the ECSC-- ì
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try, and will be taxed the same as host country citizens. ì
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Further, business firms will be treated in a similar manner.ì
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Common EC responses to international political crises, ì
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defense, and other matters are also envisioned by the Single Act. ì
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This part of the act, however, causes Britain, in particular, to ì
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worry about its independent freedom of action, and Ireland to ì
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worry about its constitutional neutrality. ì
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To get unanimous assent from the 12 member countries to the ì
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Single Act, it was necessary to insert a clause was into the Act ì
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which enabled member countries to opt out of an action, if they ì
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however, is a difficult process, and a risky step for both the ì
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EC, as an entity, and for individual countries. Thus, it is ì
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unlikely that the procedure will be used often. It is more ì
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likely that, in instances where member states are seriously ì
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divided on a political response, no action will be taken in the ì
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name of the EC. ì
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The Single Act also changed voting within EC bodies to (1) a ì
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