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Maastricht in the Netherlands.
In 1957 Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg were 3 of the 6 founding members of the European Economic Community, which is now known as the European Union. The other 3 founder members were Germany, France and Italy.
The Maastricht Treaty.
The six founders are Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
The European Economic Community was renamed to the European Community in 1993 and engulfed by the European Union in 2009. The following countries were a part of the European Economic Community: Ireland United Kingdom Portugal Spain Italy Greece France Luxembourg Belgium Netherlands Germany Denmark All these members, with the exception of Ireland and Denmark, were also a part of the Western European Union. However, this Union was too abolished and engulfed by the European Union in 2011.
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Maastricht in the Netherlands.
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.
European Union
The Netherlands are a founding member of the European Union, and thus joined the E.U. at the moment of its creation in 1993 by the Treaty of Maastricht.
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 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.
Maastricht Plan
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.