Timeline of European Union history

This is a timeline of European Union history and its previous development. == Distinct periods == Ideas before 1948 1948–1957 1958–1972 1973–1993 1993–2004 2004–present == Individual years == European Coal and Steel Community European Economic Community European Communities European Union == Key events == 1948 – Treaty of Brussels establishing the Western Union; 1948 – Formation of the International Authority for the Ruhr 1949 – Treaty of London establishing the Council of Europe 1950 – Schuman Declaration proposes pooling French and German markets for coal and steel 1951 – Treaty of Paris creates the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) 1954 – Paris Agreements; Western Union transformed into Western European Union 1957 – Treaty of Rome creates European Economic Community (by "The Six": Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany) 1963 – Ankara Agreement initiated a three-step process toward creating a Customs Union which would help secure Turkey's full membership in the EEC. 1963 – Charles de Gaulle vetoes UK entry 1967 – ECSC, EEC and Euratom merged 1973 – Accession of Denmark, Ireland and the UK 1979 – First direct elections to Parliament 1981 – Accession of Greece 1985 – Delors Commission, Greenland leaves Community.

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