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European Union
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1986
1981
1979
1973
1957
1952
The European Coal and Steel Community was created.
Members:
Belgium :flag-be:
France :flag-fr:
West Germany :flag-de:
Italy :flag-it:
Luxenbourg :flag-lu:
The Netherlands :flag-eu:
The six countries signed the Treaty of Rome, which extended the earlier co-operation and created the European Economic Community (EEC).
The Communities enlarged to include Denmark, Ireland and United Kingdom.
The first direct democratic elections to the European Parliament were held.
Greece joined
Spain and Portugal joined
1990
East Germany became part of a reunited Germany.
1993
The European Union was established with the Maastricht Treaty
1995
Joined Finland, Austria and Sweeden.
2002
Euro banknotes and coins replaced national currencies in 12 of the member states.
2004
he EU saw its biggest enlargement when Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia joined.
2013
Croatia became the 28th EU member.