1. The $tory of the European Union
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2. 1 9 4 5 Time line The Second World was ended. Jean Monnet’s idea.
The governments of France and Germany and another European countries too
They should put their own coal and steel industries.
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3. 1 9 5 0 Time line Jean Monnet Robert Schuman That is a brilliant idea
minister in the French
He announced in a important speech on 9 May 1950.
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4. 1 9 5 1 Time line Put Netherlands Luxembourg Belgium German French
Italy
steel
Coal
European Coal
Was set up !
Community
Steel
And
Put
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5. 1 9 5 7 Time line 6 countries France, German, Belgium
Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands
next
Well working together
EEC
Start another club
The European Economic Community was set up
CAP
The Common agricultural Policy was set up.
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6.
The common market
More money
Life easier
More food
For people in EEC
The common market was soon making life easier for people in the EEC.
They had more money to spend, more food to eat and more varied things in their shops.
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7.
Ireland
Denmark,
The United Kingdom,
Joined
EEC
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8.
Greece
joined
EEC
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9.
Portugal
Spain
EEC
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10.
The eastern and western parts of Europe had been kept apart. They weren’t at war, but their leaders disagreed strongly. The eastern part of Europe government called Communism which did not allow people much freedom.
The division between east and west was so strong it was often described as an ‘iron curtain’.
In many places the border was marked by tall faces or a high wall, like the one that ran through the city of Berlin and split Germany in two.
In This year, the division and disagreement ended.
The berlin Wall was knocked down and the ‘iron curtain’
Cease to exist.
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11. 1 9 9 2 Time line The EEC had 15 members now.
Over these years, the club was changing.
By the end of this year it had finished building the “single market”, and it was doing a lot more besides.
Richer countries helped poorer ones with their road building and other important projects.
In short, the club was so different and so much more united that. And it decided to change its name to the EU(European Union).
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12.
EEC
Austria
Finland
Sweden
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13.
The former Communist countries worked hard at all these things and, after a few years, eight of them were ready: the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.
They joined the EU on 1 may 2004
Along with two Mediterranean islands Cyprus and Malta.
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14.
EEC
Bulgaria
Romania
ready
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