EU RTime;ine

Category: Other

Updated: 1 Oct 2018

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Created by Emilio Marmol

Events

• WWII ends.
• The European Coal and Steel Community is created.
• Sometime in 1957, the ECSC's name is changed from European Coal and Steel Community to European Economic Community (EEC).
• The EEC's name is changed from European Economical Community to European Union (EU).
• Denmark, Ireland, and the UK join the EU.
• Greece joins the EU.
• Spain and Portugal join the EU.
• The Berlin Wall is torn down. East and West Germany reunite. More countries join the EU.
• Austria, Finland, and Sweden join the EU.
• Cyprus, Czech Rep, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the EU.
• Bulgaria and Romania join the EU.
• Croatia joins the EU.
• 28 member states currently and 2 prospective states (Turkey and Macedonia).