EUROPEAN UNION 1945 2007 1945 Second World War
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EUROPEAN UNION 1945 -2007
1945 � Second World War ended � Europe united as the European Coal and Steel Community, the founding members of this organisation were Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, West Germany and the Netherlands.
1957 � The six countries in the Coal and Steel community signed a treaty and created the European Economic community.
1973 � Denmark and the United Kingdom joined these communities.
1979 �The first European Parliament elections take place and the Single European Currency Unit was introduced (later to become the Euro)
1981 �Greece joins EEC �The first Mediterranean enlargement
1986 �Portugal EEC and Spain join the
15 June 1987 � The EU launches the ‘Erasmus’ programme to fund university students wishing to study for up to a year in another European country. More than 2 million young people have benefited from this and similar EU schemes.
1989 � The Berlin wall opens. East Germans can now travel to West Germany via Berlin. � Spain takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Communities.
1990 �Germany reunited is
1992 � The treaty on European Union is signed at Maastricht. It comes into force on 1 November 1993.
1993 �The single market is created.
1995 � Austria, Finland Sweden join the EU. The 15 members now cover almost the whole of western Europe.
1997 � The Amsterdam treaty is signed
1999 � The euro was introduced in 11 countries
2004 � Eight more countries join the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia. � The 25 EU countries sign a Treaty.
2007 � Two more countries from eastern Europe, Bulgaria and Romania, now join the EU, bringing the number of member states to 27 countries. � The 27 EU countries sign the Treaty of Lisbon.
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- 1945 world war
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- School uniform of sshs prior to the second world war
- Effect
- Second world war
- Second world war
- World war 2 countries
- The cold war begins 1945-1960
- The cold war heats up: 1945 - 1969
- Chapter 26 section 2 the cold war heats up
- Union union all intersect
- 1993 europa
- European union institutions
- Co-funded by the erasmus+ programme of the european union
- Co-funded by the erasmus+ programme of the european union
- European union 28 countries
- European union 28 countries