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.
12 countries signed the Maastricht Treaty.
true
The Maastricht Treaty
treaty of european union.
An early treaty leading up to the formation of the European Union. It was signed in 1957 and eestablished the European Economic Communty and Euratom
Maastricht
true
true
true
The members of the European Economic Community signed the Maastricht Treaty in 1992 to create the European Union. The treaty established the European Union as a political and economic union, laying down the foundations for the single currency (the euro) and outlining the common foreign and security policy of member states.
The European Economic Community was renamed the European Union in 1993Officially on the 1st of November 1993.
The Treaty of Accession for the 10 countries that joined the European Union on the 1st of May 2004 was signed on the 16th of April 2003.