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Maastricht
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The European Union is an organisation, not a state or country. The Euro was launched in 1999, coming into circulation in 2002. Only 12 of the 15 countries that were members then, began to use it. The EU has now got 28 members, 17 of which use the euro. The others use their own currencies.
The Maastricht Treaty
The agreement that created the European Union in 1992/1993.
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treaty of european union.
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.
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Maastricht
The European Economic Community was renamed the European Union in 1993Officially on the 1st of November 1993.
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 Maastricht Treaty was signed in 1992, and came into effect on the 1st of November 1993, officially creating the European Union.