Examine the various factors which led …

Factors led to the formation of European union:

The second world war had exhausted the Europe with industries in ruins and defence being weak. A single country wouldn’t have survived the newly started cold war and the countries came together to address the same and formed ECSC (European Coal and Steel Community). It later evolved into the EU.

• Political factors: The European Union is set up with the aim of ending the frequent and bloody wars between neighbors, which culminated in the Second World War. With communism and dictatorship on the rise, EU wanted to promote democracy, freedom, human dignity, Rule of law and Human rights.
• Economic factor: The world war had destroyed the economy of Europe and the countries came together to ease the trade and to be more competitive in the global marketplace. At the same time, it must balance the needs of its independent fiscal and political members.
• Handling common global issues: like terrorism, migration issue and so on which was gaining on the circumstances. The Maastricht treaty broadened the EU’s scope, to include both economic and social issues – like education, public health, technological development, and environmental protection, to name a few.
• Safeguard the culture and respect its rich cultural and linguistic diversity which was under threat after the world war and later during cold war.