Timeline of European Union history

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[edit] Individual years

This is a timeline of European Union history and its previous development.

1950s: 1950 - 1951 - 1952 - 1953 - 1954 - 1955 - 1956 - 1957 - 1958 - 1959
1960s: 1960 - 1961 - 1962 - 1963 - 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969
1970s: 1970 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973 - 1974 - 1975 - 1976 - 1977 - 1978 - 1979
1980s: 1980 - 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989
1990s: 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999
2000s: 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009

[edit] See also

[edit] Timeline of key happenings

2007 – Accession of two countries; Lisbon Treaty signed

2005 – France and the Netherlands reject the Constitution

2004 – Accession of ten countries; signing of Constitution

2002 – The euro replaces twelve national currencies

1999 – Fraud in the Commission results in resignation

1995 – Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden

1993 – Copenhagen criteria defined

1992 – Maastricht Treaty - The European Union is born

1989 – The fall of the Iron Curtain in Eastern Europe

1986 – Accession of Portugal and Spain; flag adopted

1985 – Delors Commission, Greenland leaves Community.

1981 – Accession of Greece

1979 – First direct elections to Parliament

1973 – Accession of Denmark, Ireland and the UK

1967 – ECSC, EEC and Euratom merged

1963 – Charles de Gaulle vetoes UK entry

1957 – Treaty of Rome creates Economic Community

1951 – Treaty of Paris creates Coal and Steel Community

1945 – The end of World War II

[edit] Structural evolvement


1948 Brussels	1952 Paris	1958 Rome	1967 Brussels	1987 SEA	1993 Maastricht		1999 Amsterdam	2003 Nice	2009? Lisbon
			European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM)
			European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)						European Union (EU)
			European Economic Community (EEC)		→ P I L L A R S →		European Community (EC)
			↑European Communities↑			Justice & Home Affairs (JHA)
							Police & Judicial co-operation in Criminal Matters (PJCC)
				European Political Cooperation (EPC)		Common Foreign & Security Policy (CFSP)

Western European Union (WEU)

[edit] External links

A timeline of the EU – BBC News.
The history of the European Union – Europa

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