The+Beginning+of+European+Union

By Stacy M. European Union   (EU) is an organization of European countries dedicated to increasing economic integration and strengthening   cooperation among its many members who are all untied by the Union . The location of the European Union headquarters is in Brussels ,  Belgium . As of the year of 2007 there were 27 united countries in the EU. The European Union was boldly formed on November 1, 1993 . The dream of to unite Europe  as a solid nation is almost as old as <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)">Europe <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)"> itself. The 9th-century empire of Charlemagne covered much of <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)">Western Europe <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)">. In the early 1800s the French empire of Napoleon I ruled over most of the European continent. During World War II (1939-1945), German leader Adolf Hitler nearly succeeded somewhat in uniting <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)">Europe <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)"> under total Nazi domination. All these efforts failed because they relied on forcibly controlling other nations rather than asking for they’re cooperation.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)">Attempts to create a united nation were a little until after World War II. Until then, nations strongly opposed all attempts to unite their powers and were unwilling to yield control over their policies for the fear that one might control the other. Early ventures were international or intergovernmental organizations that depended on the cooperation of their other members for help so they had no direct powers to enforce their laws or regulations or even power. Supranational organizations, on the contrary, forced members to surrender at least a small portion of their control over policy areas and can compliance with their other mandates. After World War II, there were many proposals for some untied organization in <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)">Europe <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)"> became very frequent.