Differences in the Organization and Intent of the European Union to the United States
The European Union and the United States of America differ in many ways based upon their organization and intent. The original intent of the European Union can be looked at, by looking at the history of Europe. The European Union was essentially formed after World War II. ... Due to the leadership of European leaders Monmet and Schumann, and from the help of the United States, Europe was slowly able to rebuild. In the process, Europe became a better nation than it was, by allowing the formation of many of its countries to be united as one, later to be called the European Union. ... It was not until 1973 that Ireland, Denmark and the United Kingdom were added. The first main formation of the European Union was the Council of Europe in 1949. Two years later in 1951, the European Coal and Steel Communities (ECSC) was formed in order to help monitor the use of steel and coal, which at the time was used in order to make and ship weapons that were used in war. ... The United States originally helped because, like Europe, they wanted to prevent Germany from regaining its hold on any country, because of the ruthlessness that Germany caused France. In addition, the overall goal of the United States was to help rebuild Europe as a greater nation in order to have a larger trading market to work with and a larger dominating force in the world, besides the United States. In many ways, the intent of the European Union differs from the intent of United States. ... This was 175 years before the formation of the European Union. At the time in 1774, much of the United States had yet to be explored, less claimed and formed into states.