User:Kolja21

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Kolja21

This user has a page on German Wikipedia.

Languages

de	Dieser Benutzer spricht Deutsch als Muttersprache.

en-3

This user is able to contribute with an advanced level of English.

es-1

Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel básico de español.

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European Union.

[edit] European Union

[edit] EU 27

[edit] Current events

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[edit] 17 July 2009

Iceland officially applied for membership.

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[edit] 7 May 2009

Founding summit of the Eastern Partnership in Prague.

Eastern Partnership

EFTA and Eastern Partnership

Map of the Eurozone (2009)

[edit] 13 July 2008

Founding summit of the Union for the Mediterranean in Paris.

Union for the Mediterranean

[edit] 17 February 2008

The Assembly of Kosovo declared Kosovo's independence.

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[edit] 1 January 2007

Romania and Bulgaria became the EU's newest members (Treaty of Accession 2005).

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EU 25+2	EC-EU enlargement (animated)	EU 27 map incorporating flag

[edit] EU 25

[edit] May and June 2005

French (29 May) and Dutch (1 June) Referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe.

54.7% and 61.5%

[edit] 1 May 2004

The 2004 enlargement of the European Union with ten new members was the largest single expansion in the EU history. The simultaneous accessions concerned the following countries: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. Seven of these were members of the former eastern bloc, with one from the former Yugoslavia (Slovenia) and the remaining two being Mediterranean islands (Malta and Cyprus).

Map of the EU 25

EU 15+10

[edit] EU 15

[edit] 1 January 1999

The euro was introduced to world financial markets as an accounting currency, replacing the former European Currency Unit (ECU) at a ratio of 1:1. Euro coins and banknotes entered circulation on 1 January 2002.

Map of the Eurozone (1999/2002)

[edit] 1 January 1995

Austria, Sweden and Finland left the EFTA and acceded to the EU marking its fourth enlargement. (The Norwegian government lost a second national referendum on membership.)

Map of the EU 15 (1995)

EU 12+3

EFTA countries (1995)

[edit] EU 12

[edit] 1 November 1993

The Maastricht Treaty entered into force.

Map of the EU 12 (1992/93)

[edit] 7 February 1992

The Maastricht Treaty (formally, the Treaty on European Union) was signed in Maastricht, the Netherlands after final negotiations on 9 December 1991 between the members of the European Community. It created the European Union and led to the establishing of the euro.

[edit] European Community

[edit] EC 12

[edit] 3 October 1990

German reunification. The five re-established states of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) joined the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany), and Berlin was united into a single city-state.

Map of the EC 12 (1990)

EC 12, inc. Ex-GDR

[edit] 9 November 1989

East German government announced on 9 November 1989, after several weeks of civil unrest, that all GDR citizens could visit West Germany and West Berlin. The fall of the Berlin Wall paved the way for German reunification, which was formally concluded on 3 October 1990.

[edit] 1 Januar 1986

Spain and Portugal enter the European Community. (1985 Greenland left the EC but remains associated with it as overseas territory.)

Map of the EC 12 (1986)

EC 10+2

EFTA countries (1986)

EC, USSR and satellite states

[edit] EC 10

[edit] 1 Januar 1981

Greece enters the European Community.

Map of the EC 10 (1981)

EC 9+1

[edit] EC 9

[edit] 1 Januar 1973

Denmark (inc. Greenland), Ireland and United Kingdom enter the European Community.

Map of the EC 9 (1973)

EC 6+3

[edit] EC 6

[edit] 1 January 1958

The Treaty of Rome became effective.

Map of the EC 6 (1957/58)