1973 Event

First enlargement

Name: First enlargement
Start: 1973

Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom join the Communities, which grow from six to nine.

What leads to what

Declared chains of causation — debatable, like any reading of history.

Upstream

leads to Customs union 1968 Un marché qui fonctionne attire ceux qui l’avaient refusé.

Meanwhile, elsewhere

Within twenty-five years of 1973 — the context national timelines leave out.

1 year later Division of the island Cyprus
1 year later Carnation Revolution Portugal
4 years earlier Discovery of Ekofisk Norway
5 years later Democratic constitution of Spain Spain
5 years earlier Prague Spring Czechia
7 years later Solidarity Poland
11 years earlier Second Vatican Council Vatican City
12 years later Schengen Agreement

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Which long period

Periods overlap: they are landmarks, not boxes.

European integration 1950 – 2030 From coal and steel to a Union of twenty-seven.
Cold War 1947 – 1991 A continent cut in two, from Yalta to 1991.

Countries involved

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What was written of it

Before 1914, the earth belonged to all. Everyone went where they wished and stayed as long as they pleased. There were no permits and no authorisations.

Stefan Zweig 1942

The World of Yesterday. Memoirs of a European

Translated by the site, not by the author.