European Union pathway

Abstract

European integration started in 1951, by the Treaty of Paris, evolved from an Economic Community of Coal and Steel (ECSC) to a European Economic Community (EEC) in 1957 to a European Union (EU) in 1993. The European Project of Peace and Power has three different main visions about the future and its integration, namely: Europe of States, Europe of Citizens and Europe of Offices. These perspectives have, to some extent, prominence in the formation and elaboration of the european scenario. From them emerge the three european spheres, the outermost one being based on power politics, where their national leaders, on behalf of their population, each pursue their power and their interests, with the States having greater notability in the Concert of Europe; the innermost sphere reflects the functionalism aspirations of its bureaucrat which, under the regime of european treaties, are sustained and inspired by the community spirit; finally, the intermediate sphere, conjugate the pursuit of the interests of each member State from the community that, together, dictate the shape and pathway of Europe. In this work, we infer that european integration, whatever it may be, and if that is the case, possibly must understand its political reality, in other words, be awareness of its values, traditions, culture and whether in fact they are or will be a new Europe. Thus, we sought to show that the struggle for the realization of fundamental rights and the realization of the rule of law must be the pillar of european construction.