EU By elisa j. 1950 Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Germany and Netherlands create the Coal and steal community. 1957 Treaty of Rome, EEC (european economic community) 1961 Grece joins the EEC, followed by Spain and Portugal 1973 Danemark, Uk and Ireland join the EEC 1989 The fall of the Berlin Wall (the end of the Soviet Union) 1990 Germany is united 1993 Maastricht treaty, EEC becomes EU 1995 3 more countries join the EU Sep 11, 2001 War on terror 2002 Euro became the currency in several countries (Eurozone) 2004 10 new countries join EU 2008 financial crisis 2012 EU' awarded the Nobel peace prize Jan 31, 2020 Brexit