Chapter 8: International Groupings History of the EU: Timeline

International Groupings 8 1950 Robert Schuman: Iron and coal producing countries should work together Teacher Notes: First proposed by French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman as a way to prevent further war between France and Germany.

International Groupings 8 1951 Treaty of Paris ECSC Common market Teacher Notes: Founding members of ECSC Belgium France Germany Italy Luxembourg Netherlands

International Groupings 8 1957 The Treaty of Rome Teacher Notes: The Treaty of Rome allowed the free movement of goods, services, workers and money between the six countries.

International Groupings 1973 International Groupings 8 1973 Britain, Denmark and Ireland joined the EEC Teacher Notes: Britain, Denmark and Ireland joined the EEC in 1973.

International Groupings 8 1981 Greece joins EEC. Teacher Notes: Greece joined the EEC in 1981.

International Groupings Spain and Portugal join 8 1986 Spain and Portugal join Teacher Notes: Spain and Portugal joined the EEC in 1986.

International Groupings 8 1993 The EU Is set up Teacher Notes: The European Union (EU) is set up in 1993 under the Maastricht Treaty.

International Groupings 8 1995 Austria, Finland and Sweden join Teacher notes: Austria, Finland and Sweden joined in 1995.

International Groupings 8 2002 Euro is introduced Teacher notes: A common European currency was introduced in 2002. Many EU members adopted the euro currency. EU countries that did not adopt the euro are Sweden, Denmark and the UK.

International Groupings 8 2004 Ten more countries join Teacher notes: Ten more countries joined the EU: Cyprus Czech Republic Estonia Hungary Latvia Lithuania Malta Poland Slovakia Slovenia

International Groupings 8 2007 Bulgaria and Romania join Teacher notes: In 2007, Bulgaria and Romania joined the EU.

International Groupings 8 2009 The Lisbon Treaty Teacher notes: The Lisbon Treaty changed some of the structures of the EU.

Fiscal treaties and Banking 2014 The troika who are financial commissioners and important people from Europe come and tell us how to manage our economy. E.g cut expenses in our national budget. New laws for how banks are allowed to operate and how countries debt is managed.

International Groupings 8 Present Have there been any further developments? Teacher notes: Have there been any further developments? If so, describe them. Look up a map of current EU members Eu more control over EU banking is a recent development