The Maastricht Treaty.
The Treaty of the European Union, or the Maastricht Treaty
The Treaty on the European Union or the Maastricht Treaty
The European Union is comprised of what was formally the European Coal and Steel Community (founded 1951). In 1993, the Maastricht Treaty created the European Union as we know it today.
The TEU is used for the basic principles of the European Union and its competences and jurisdictions. Also, it defines the various EU institutions and their functions in Europe.
The Treaty of Rome started the European Economic Community, which eventually be came known as the European Union. The Maastricht Treaty was the treaty that formally started the use of the name "European Union". It was signed in Maastricht, which is in the Netherlands.
The European Economic Community was renamed the European Union in 1993Officially on the 1st of November 1993.
The European Union was formally established when the Maastricht Treaty came into force on 1 November 1993.The origins: Following WW2 in 1957, six countries (West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg) signed the Treaty of Rome, which extended the earlier cooperation within the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and created the European Economic Community (EEC)establishing a Customs Union.
The European Union was formally established when the Maastricht Treaty came into force on 1 November 1993.The origins: Following WW2 in 1957, six countries (West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg) signed the Treaty of Rome, which extended the earlier cooperation within the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and created the European Economic Community (EEC)establishing a Customs Union.
The former came into being by the Treaty of Rome 1957 and the latter by the Treaty on European Union of 1992 but the Treaty of Lisbon of 2007 (ratified in 2009) amended those two treaties to make the EC (renamed TFEU, Treaty on the Functioning of the EU) as one of the three pillars of the EU.
The EU stands for the European Union.
EU is the abbreviation used for the European Union.
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