🔗 www.politicsexplained.co.uk/g... - Go to the Politics Explained website to purchase an updated textbook, essay plans and 12 marker plans on Global Politics. 🧑🏫 www.politicsexplained.co.uk/w... - Sign up to the Politics Explained revision webinars for this year’s exams! 📥 www.politicsexplained.co.uk/ - Sign up to the free Politics Explained Newsletter for weekly new examples and to find out as soon as new content is released In this video, I go through The Development and Aims Of The European Union in Edexcel A Level Politics; the Global Politics section, not the UK Government section! This includes the development of the EU over time, the EU’s Institutions, powers, aims and the balance between supranationalism and intergovernmentalism. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 - Intro 01:25 - Specification & What Questions Could You Be Asked? 03:42 - The Foundations Of European Integration (1945-1957) 05:50 - Early Developments and Challenges (1958-1985) 08:09 - The Maastricht Treaty and Birth Of The EU (1991-1993) 11:09 - Expansion and Constitutional Challenges (1994-2007) 14:50 - The Eurozone Crisis and Further Integration Challenges (2008-2015) 18:07 - The Rise of Populism and Brexit (2016-Present) 21:29 - The EU’s Institutions 28:44 - The Powers and Structures Of The EU 33:01 - The Aims of the EU 34:27 - Supranationalism vs Intergovernmentalism ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬