SOME MILESTONES OF EUROPE1957: Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg found the European Economic Community. 1973: Denmark, Ireland and Britain join. 1981: Greece joins the EEC. 1986: Spain and Portugal join. 1992: The Maastricht treaty. The EEC is now named European Union. 1995: Austria, Finland and Sweden join. 2003: Ten new European countries sign accession treaties in Athens. They will formally join on May 1 2004. These are: Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. These are the member states of the EU: Austria, Belgium, Britain, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hellas, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. The flag of the European Union is a circle of 12 yellow stars on a blue background. The capital city of the EU is Brussels, Belgium. The seat of the European Parliament is in Strasbourg, France. |
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