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==Web Resources:==
==Web Resources:==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU Wikipedia - EU]

Revision as of 16:55, 5 March 2007

Description:

The European Union (EU) was established in 1992 by the Treaty on European Union (The Maastricht Treaty). Currently the EU has 27 Members and three countries are still candidate for obtaining the membership. Listed in chronological order, the members are:

Year History of European Union membership No.
1957 Belgium,France,West Germany,

Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands

6
1973 Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom 9
1981 Greece 10
1986 Portugal, Spain 12
1995 Austria, Finland, Sweden 15
2004 Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary,

Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia

25
2007 Bulgaria, Romania 27

The EU became tripled within 50 years. Rapidly increasing economies and a stable Euro (adopted by 13 member states) is the base for applying to the EU. Within the EU there are now several cultures which not all are related to the members because of immigration.

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Web Resources:

Wikipedia - EU