EU

  • Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Germany and Netherlands create the Coal and steal community.

  • Treaty of Rome, EEC (european economic community)

  • Grece joins the EEC, followed by Spain and Portugal

  • Danemark, Uk and Ireland join the EEC

  • The fall of the Berlin Wall (the end of the Soviet Union)

  • Germany is united

  • Maastricht treaty, EEC becomes EU

  • 3 more countries join the EU

  • War on terror

  • Euro became the currency in several countries (Eurozone)

  • 10 new countries join EU

  • financial crisis

  • EU' awarded the Nobel peace prize

  • Brexit