Integration of the UK into EMS

(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

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

functioned as separate entities until July 1967. Among the three ì

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ìèfelt it was detrimental to their national interest. Opting out, ì ì however, is a difficult process, and a risky step for both the ì ì EC, as an entity, and for individual countries. Thus, it is ì ì unlikely that the procedure will be used often. It is more ì ì likely that, in instances where member states are seriously ì ì divided on a political response, no action will be taken in the ì ì name of the EC. ì 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 E
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