HISTORY OF THE EU

By Lucia1312
  • END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

    END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

    After the second world war, many cities all Europe lay in ruinz; here is Frankfurt am in Germany.
  • INNAUGURATION OF THE COMMON MARKET FOR STEEL

    INNAUGURATION OF THE COMMON MARKET FOR STEEL

    A symbolic act: Jean Monnet (r), President of the high Commission of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), presents the first block of 'European 'steel, so inaugurating the common market for steel in April 1953
  • THE TREATY OF ROME

    THE TREATY OF ROME

    In Rome, representatives of the six fuonding countries, Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, French, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, singin the Treaties of Rome estabilishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Comunity (Euratom).
  • THE MAASTRICHT TREATY

    THE MAASTRICHT TREATY

    The Heads of State or Government sigh the Maastricht treaty, establishing economic and monetary union.
  • THE TREATY OF AMSTERDAM

    THE TREATY OF AMSTERDAM

    The 1997 Treaty of Amsterdam sets the seal on the step-by-step creation of an area of freedomm, security and justice;here is the treaty document with signatures and official seals.
  • WELCOME TO THE EUROPEAN UNION

    WELCOME TO THE EUROPEAN UNION

    With a large image projected onto the European Commission building in Brussels, the EU welcomes its new members Bulgaria and Romania in 2007.
  • THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

    THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

    On 10 December 2012, the Nobel Peace Prize was awared to the European Union in Olso, Norway. The Nobel Prize Committee honoured the EU's contribution over 6 decades to the advancement of peace, democracy and human rights in Europe.