They were the founding members of the European Coal and Steel Comittee, a forefather to the EU, which started 1951. What was known as the European Economic Community, later the EU, was founded in 1957. Belgium, Italy, Germany, France, The Netherlands and Luxembourg were the founding members.
The European Union, or the "European Economic Community" as it was originally known, started in 1958 with just 6 members:Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the NetherlandsThere are now 27 members, with the 28th, Croatia, due to join on 1st July 2013.
The six founders are Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and 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.
Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France and West Germany founded what was then called the European Economic Community in 1957. It is now known as the European Union and has 27 members.
In 1957 there was no European Union. Instead, it was called the European Economic Community (which later transformed into the European Union). It had six founding members: Italy, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, and West Germany. The United Kingdom was offered to be a founding member, but refused. Denmark, Ireland, and the UK later joined in 1973, Greece was added in 1981, and Spain and Portugal both joined in 1986. West and East Germany later reunified in 1990, three years before the EEC would be engulfed by the EU.
The six nations that were the original members of the European Economic Community in 1957, which is now known as the European Union, were Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, West Germany, France, and Italy.
The 6 founder members of what was then called the European Economic Community were France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg. That was in 1957. There are now 27 members of what is now called the European Union.
Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
The list of the first 12 members and the year they joined is as follows:Italy (1957)Belgium (1957)France (1957)Germany (1957)Luxembourg (1957)Netherlands (1957)United Kingdom (1973)Ireland (1973)Denmark (1973)Greece (1981)Spain (1986)Portugal (1986)
The European Union, or the "European Economic Community" as it was originally known, started in 1958 with just 6 members:Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the NetherlandsThere are now 27 members, with the 28th, Croatia, due to join on 1st July 2013.
In 1957 Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands founded what was then known as the European Economic Community or EEC. The EEC is now known as the EU and has 28 members. The EU came into existence in 1993 when there were 12 members. There were the 6 original members, though by then West Germany had been reunified with East Germany and is now known as Germany. The 6 other countries at that time were Ireland, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Greece, Spain and Portugal.
The European Union did not officially come into existence until 1993. In 1957 an organisation called the European Economic Community was founded, which would eventually become what is now the European Union. The six founding members were West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
Italy was one of the six founding members of the European Communities in 1957 along with West Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands and France.
The six founders are Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
Six countries founded the European Economic Community;- Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, West Germany, France and Italy.
Many Western European countries: France, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, Italy, and the Netherlands.
In 1952 the European Coal and Steel Community was established, and it included Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and West Germany