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France Period 8

France Timeline 1950 - Present Day by: Caroline Zitin and Liz Walker //The European Coal and Steel Company was designed to combine the coal and steel industries of// //France////,// //West Germany////,// //Belgium////,// //Italy////, The// //Netherlands////, and// //Luxembourg////.// //The Treay of// //Rome// //was signed by the six member nations of the ECSC to create the European Community, or Common Market. The first goal of the treaty was to reduce tariffs among the six nations. Other goals were the free movement of labor and capital, a////nd common economic policies.//      
 * years highlighted in red represent the theme //European Socio - Economic Unity
 * //years highlighted in lime represent the theme //Political Involvement with other Countries.//
 * 1951 ** **– ****France** **and other European countries join the** **European Coal and Steel Company** **(ECSC) . (ECONOMIC) **
 * 1954 – At the end of the first** **Indochina** **War****,** **France** **is defeated at the**   <span style="COLOR: rgb(42,12,223)"> **Battle**  **of** **Dien Bien Phu**     **and forced to withdraw from** **Vietnam****. <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">(POLITICAL) **
 * 1956 –** **France****’s colonial rule ends in** **Morocco** **and** **Tunisia****. (<span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">POLITICAL) **
 * 1957 – <span style="COLOR: rgb(13,12,12)">The ****European Economic Community** **is established with the signing of the** <span style="COLOR: rgb(251,14,157)">**Treaty of** **Rome** **<span style="COLOR: rgb(251,14,157)">. <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">(ECONOMIC) **

//De Gaulle was president until 1969. Viewing the// //United States// //as a major threat to European security, De Gaulle had// //France// //develop her own nuclear weapons. He also vetoed majority rule in the Co////mmon Market and withdrew his forces from NATO.// The //Fifth// //Republic// //is a centralized deomcracy put in place by De Gualle on Ocotober 5, 1958.// //The Common Agricultural Policy was introduced in an effort to combine farming and enviromental preservation.// //The// //Brussels// //Treaty combined the commissions of the EEC and the European-Atomic-Energy-Community// //On April 4,1949 the NATO alliance was formed as an anti-Soviet military alliance.// //President of// //France// //from 1969 to 1974, an important moment in Pompidou's political career was his agreement to let// //Great Britain// //join the European Community (1973).// //President from 1974 until 1981, d'Estaing then joined the regional council of// //Auvergne// //in 2004. After defeat in the 2004 elections, d'Estaing joined the Constitutional Council.// <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">
 * 1958 – <span style="COLOR: rgb(42,117,229)">De Gaulle is invited to resolve a military insurrection in** **Algeria****. He proposes a presidential - like government, leading to the creation of the** <span style="COLOR: rgb(26,234,6)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(20,225,23)">**Fifth** **Republic** **, with De Gaulle as** **France****’s first president. <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">(POLITICAL) **
 * 1962 –** **Algeria** **is granted freedom from French rule<span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">. (POLITICAL) **
 * 1962 - <span style="COLOR: rgb(3,2,2)">the <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,246)">Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) <span style="COLOR: rgb(9,7,7)">came into effect <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">(ECONOMIC) **
 * 1965 – <span style="COLOR: rgb(18,13,13)">The **<span style="COLOR: rgb(39,9,206)"> **Brussels** **Treaty** **is signed, establishing the EC (European Community).** **(POLITICAL)**
 * 1966 –** **France** **withdraws from<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,153,204)"> NATO . <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">(POLITICAL) **
 * 1968 – Mass protests against government policies sparked by student riots (May). <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">(SOCIAL) **
 * 1969 - <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,204,0)">Georges Pompidou <span style="COLOR: rgb(74,154,247)"> elected president. <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">(POLITICAL) **
 * 1974 - <span style="COLOR: rgb(108,158,239)">Valéry Giscard d'Estaing is elected president at the death of Pompidou. <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">(POLITICAL) **
 * 1977 - <span style="COLOR: rgb(202,18,74)">Pompidou Center art gallery, designed by Richard Rogers and Italian architect Renzo Piano opens in Paris <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">(SOCIAL) **

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">   **1981 - French high-speed train (TGV) service enters operation<span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)"> (SOCIAL) ** //The TGV is currently the fastest train in the world.// <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">     <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">
 * 1978 - French and Belgian paratroops try to restore order in Kolwezi after a secessionist rebellion in Zaire <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">(POLITICAL) **
 * 1978 - Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations meet to discuss economic policy <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">(ECONOMIC) **
 * 1981 - Socialist <span style="COLOR: rgb(96,230,25)">Francois Mitterrand is elected over Giscard d'Estaing in the race for President <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">(POLITICAL) **

//Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace (taken directly from [|http://www.greenpeace.org/international/about)//]// <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">
 * 1983 - US and French troops are killed in bomb attacks in** **Beirut** **<span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">(POLITICAL) ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">
 * 1983 - French physician Luc Montagnier identifies the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the infective agent that causes AIDS. <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">(SOCIAL) ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">
 * 1984 - Socialists abandon plans to establish u** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">    **nified secular education <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">(POLITICAL) **
 * 1985 - French Special Forces sink the <span style="COLOR: rgb(210,40,235)">Greenpeace ship //The Rainbow Warrior// in Auckland, New Zealand <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">(POLITICAL) **

1995 - Gaullist <span style="COLOR: rgb(242,161,28)">Jacques Chirac is elected president <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">(POLITICAL) ** //Jacques Chirac was a very controversial president for France. Chirac was involved in several major scandals but during his term was popular with the people of// //France////.// <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">     <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">     <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">    <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">    <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">
 * 1987 ****- Work starts on a tunnel between Britain and France <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">(ECONOMIC) **
 * 1988 - Mitterrand is reelected president <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">(POLITICAL) ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">
 * 1991 ** **- France joins the fight against Saddam Hussein <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">(POLITICAL) **
 * 1991 - Edith Cresson is elected the first female prime minister of France <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">(POLITICAL)

//The EMU is an agreement among the participating countries of the European Union to adopt a single hard currency and monetary system.// <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">
 * 1999 ****-** **France** **enters into the <span style="COLOR: rgb(11,244,21)"> European Monetary **<span style="COLOR: rgb(11,244,21)">**Union** **(ECONOMIC)**
 * 2002 - The Franc is replaced by the Euro as the new national currency <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">(ECONOMIC) ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">

**2005 - Two weeks of riots and unrest occur in the economicallly depressed northeast suburbs of Paris as a result of the accidental deaths of immigrant teenagers <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">(SOCIAL) ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"> //<span style="COLOR: rgb(5,5,5)">The European Union Constitution was created to reaffirm the relations between the EU's 25 member states and 3 candidate countries across Europe. //<span style="COLOR: rgb(5,5,5)"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(5,5,5)"> **2006 - The government is met with civil disobedience that escalates to violence from students when attempting to reform laws regarding the employment of youth.** **(SOCIAL)**<span style="COLOR: rgb(5,5,5)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">     <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"> //<span style="COLOR: rgb(5,5,5)">A few of Nicolas Sarkozy's goals as president of ////France are to revitalize the French economy and have a closer bond with the United States//. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">
 * 2002 - Chirac is reelected president over <span style="COLOR: rgb(8,8,7)">Jean-Marie Le Pen <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">(POLITICAL) **<span style="COLOR: rgb(8,8,7)">
 * 2005 - French voters vote against the new <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,38,255)">European Union Constitution <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,255)">(POLITICAL) **<span style="COLOR: rgb(0,38,255)">
 * 2005 - Chirac appoints Dominique de Villepin (former interior minister) as the new prime minister when Jean - Pierre Raffarin resigned from the post.** **(POLITICAL)**<span style="COLOR: rgb(5,5,5)">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">     <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(5,5,5)"> 2007 - <span style="COLOR: rgb(20,250,227)">Nicolas Sarkozy is elected president, while Francois Fillon becomes prime minister. (POLITICAL) ** <span style="COLOR: rgb(5,5,5)">

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