What is the history of economic development in Europe? History of the European Union

On April 18, 1951, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg signed the Treaty on the Establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community (also known as the Paris Treaty) in Paris, the capital of France, and on July 25, 1952, the European Coal and Steel Community was formally established.

On March 25, 1957, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg signed the Treaty on the Establishment of the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (also known as the Treaty of Rome) in Rome, Italy.

On 1 January 1958, the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) were formally formed.

On April 8, 1965, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg signed the Brussels Treaty in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, and decided to merge the European Coal and Steel Community, the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, collectively referred to as the "European Community".

On July 1, 1967, the Treaty of Brussels entered into force and the European Community was officially born.

In 1973, the United Kingdom, Denmark and Ireland joined the European Community.

In 1981, Greece joined the European Community, becoming the tenth member state of the European Community.

Portugal and Spain joined the EC in 1986, bringing the membership of the EC to 12.

On 1 November 1993, the European Community was officially renamed the European Union in accordance with the needs of internal and external developments.

Austria, Sweden and Finland joined the European Union in 1995.

On November 18, 2002, the foreign ministers of the 15 European Union held a meeting in Brussels and decided to invite 10 countries, including Malta, Cyprus, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, to join the EU.

On April 16, 2003, at the EU summit held in Athens, the capital of Greece, the above-mentioned ten countries formally signed the agreement to join the European Union.

On 1 May 2004, 10 new member states officially joined the European Union.

In October 2004, the heads of state of the 25 countries of the European Union signed the Constitutional Treaty of the European Union in Rome, the capital of Italy.

It is the first constitutional treaty of the European Union and aims to guarantee the effective functioning of the European Union and the smooth development of the European integration process.

In 2005, France and the Netherlands rejected the EU Constitutional Treaty in referendums.

On 1 January 2007, Romania and Bulgaria joined the European Union.

In June 2007, the heads of State of the 27 countries at the EU summit agreed in Brussels on a new draft treaty to replace the EU Constitutional Treaty.

On October 18, 2007, the heads of state of the 27 member states of the European Union met in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, to agree on the text of the Lisbon Treaty.

On 2 October 2009, Ireland held a referendum to adopt the Treaty of Lisbon (commonly known as the abbreviated version of the EU Constitution), removing the biggest obstacle to European integration.

The origins of the European Union can be traced back to the founding of the European Coal and Steel Community, six of which were in 1951 and the Treaty of Rome in 1957. Since then, the EU has grown in size, by joining new member states and increasing its powers, by adding new policy scopes, increasing its mandate.

The European Union is a political and rising economic community with 28 member states, mainly located in Europe. The Maastricht Treaty, established in 1993, joins the new field of policy to the existing European community, combined with 500 million citizens, generated by the European Union with an estimated 30 percent share of the world's nominal national GDP.

The European Union has developed a single market, through a standardized legal system which applies to all member states, guaranting freedom of movement of persons, goods, services and capital. A common policy of ** was maintained, including an agricultural and fisheries policy, and a regional development policy. 15 member states have adopted a common currency, the euro.

In terms of foreign policy, on behalf of its members, it has spoken at the G-8 summit and at the United Nations to safeguard the interests of its member states.