THE EU By Lorenzo Mugnai 1951 Coal and Steel Comunity was signed 1952 European Coal and Steel Community 1957 European Economic Community (treaty of Rome) 1973 Denmark, Ireland, UK joined the EU 1989 Fall of Berlin wall 1992 Single market 1993 Treaty of Maastricht established the EU 2002 The Euro (single currency) 2004 Members countires become 25 2007 Lisbon treaty (most recently) 2012 The EU is awarded the Nobel peace prize 2015 Members countries become 28 2016 The UK voted to leave the EU 2020 Brexit (UK leave the EU)
