ABSTRACT
Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), makes amendments to both the EC Treaty and the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and transfers some current EC Treaty articles to the TEU.
European Coal and Steel Community Treaty of Paris 1951 European Atomic Energy Community Treaty of Rome 1957 European Economic Community Treaty of Rome 1957
Merging the institutions Merger Treaties 1957 and 1965 Revising the treaties The Single European Act 1986
The European Union Treaty on European Union 1992 Consolidation Treaty of Amsterdam 1997 Preparing for enlargement Treaty of Nice 2000
A European Constitution? (The rejected Constitutional Treaty) 2004
Treaty of Lisbon 2007
The Treaty establishing the ECSC provided for four institutions which today form the nucleus of the institutional framework of the Community (EC) and Union (EU). These are the Commission, the executive body which (broadly speaking) serves the interests of the EU; the Council, the executive body representing the interests of the Member States; the Assembly16 – now Parliament – (originally a non-elected supervisory body) representing the citizens of the EU, and the European Court of Justice (ECJ).
