The European Union

By Alazne Armendariz
  • Period: to

    Several European countries

    Several European countries settled to produce an organisation to strengthen cooperation between the countries of Europe.
  • Robert Shuman

    Robert Shuman

    The ideas were current by Robert Shuman, French minister of Foreign Affairs, in a lecture on the 9th May 1950.
  • Six European countries

    Six European countries

    In 1951, six European countries ( Belgium, France , Italy , the Netherlands, west Germany and Luxembourg) produce the European coal and steal communuty.
  • Treaties of Rome

    Treaties of Rome

    In 1957 they marked the Treaties of Rome, which estabilished the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community. Since its base in 1957 the EU has expanded from six member countries to twenty-eight, in successive enlargements.
  • Inner Six

    Inner Six

    EEC was estabilished: the 'Inner Six'.
  • Nine members

    Nine members

    EEC was expanded to nine members.
  • ERDF

    ERDF

    European Regional development fund (ERDF) was estabilished.
  • Ten members

    Ten members

    EEC was expanded to ten members.
  • Twelve members

    Twelve members

    EEC was increased to twelve members and single European Act was marked.

  • Mastricht Treaty

    In 1993,the Mastricht Treatry came into force: the EEC turn into the European Union.
  • Fifteen members

    Fifteen members

    EU was increased to fifteen members.
  • European Central Bank

    European Central Bank

    European Central Bank was estabilished.
  • Treaty of Nice

    Treaty of Nice

    Adoption of the Treaty of Nice, which came into force in 2003.
  • The Euro

    The Euro

    At an economic level , a single normal market was founded. In 2002, the official European currency, the euro , came into circulation in the Eurozone.
  • Twenty-five members

    Twenty-five members

    EU was expanded to twenty-five members.
  • Twenty-seven members.

    Twenty-seven members.

    EU was augmented to twenty-seven members.
  • Treaty of Lisbon

    Treaty of Lisbon

    In 2009, the Treaty of Lisbon came into require to reform the institutions of the EU.
  • Twenty-eight members

    Twenty-eight members

    EU was increased to twenty-eight members.
  • Brexit

    Brexit

    On 31st of January , 2020, the United Kingdom became independent from the European Union.