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End word war II
The Second World War was a global military conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. Most of the nations of the world were involved in it. -
Cold War
The Cold War was a political, economic, social, military, informational and scientific confrontation that began after the end of World War II between the Western bloc led by the United States, and the Eastern bloc led by the Soviet Union. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO or Atlantic Alliance is an international political and military organization, whose objective is to guarantee the freedom and security of its members through political and military means. -
Council of Europe
The Council of Europe is de continent’s leading human rights organisation. -
Reconciliation France and Germany
France procure Germany a reconciliation -
Treaty of the European coal and steal community
The Treaty of Paris, signed on April 18, 1951 between the Federal Republic of Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, was the treaty that gave rise to what would later become the European Union. -
Treaty of Rome
The Treaties of Rome, signed on March 25, 1957, are two of the treaties that gave rise to the European Union: the first established the European Economic Community and the second established the European Atomic Energy Community. -
European Free Trade Association
The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) is the intergovernmental organisation of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, set up for the promotion of free trade and economic cooperation between its members, within Europe and globally. -
European institution
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Merger treaty
The Merger Treaty of 1965 merged the executives. The European Communities was established as are sult of the merger of the institutions set up by the ECSC, the EEC and the Euratom. -
3 countries join the community
Ireland, United Kingdom and Denmark join the community. -
European Council
The European Council is one of the seven high institutions of the European Union. It is made up of the 27 Heads of State or Government of the Member States, the President of the European Commission, and the President of the European Council, who presides over the meetings. -
Return of democracy in Greece and Spain
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First European Elections
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Greece joins the European Communities
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Greenland leaves the European Communities
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Spain and Portugal join the European Communities
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Treaty of Matricht
The treaty established a European Union (EU), with EU citizenship granted to every person who was a citizen of a member state. EU citizenship enabled people to vote and run for office in local and European Parliament elections in the EU country in which they lived, regardless of their nationality. -
Austria, Finland and Sweden join the EU
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Treaty of Amsterdam
Under the Amsterdam Treaty, member states agreed to transfer certain powers from national governments to the European Parliament in various areas, including immigration legislation, the adoption of civil and criminal laws, and the promulgation of the common foreign and security policy ( PESC), as well as the implementation of institutional -
Treaty of Nice
The main purpose of the Treaty was to facilitate the major EU enlargement (10 new states) which was to follow. -
The euro
The Euro was introduced as the currency of the European Union in 2002.
At first only 12 EU countries used the Euro, but now 19 countries use it. -
Ten more countries join the EU
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Bulgaria and Romania join the EU
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Croatia joins the EU
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Lithuania adopts the euro
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Brexit - UK leaves the EU