1993
The European Community (EC) was an economic association formed by six European member countries in 1957, consisting of three communities that eventually were replaced by the European Union (EU) in 1993.
When was the EU named the EU?
1 November 1993
The European Union was formally established when the Maastricht Treaty—whose main architects were Helmut Kohl and François Mitterrand—came into force on 1 November 1993. The treaty also gave the name European Community to the EEC, even if it was referred as such before the treaty.
What did the EU used to be called?
In 1957, the Treaty of Rome creates the European Economic Community (EEC), or ‘Common Market’.
When was the European Community replaced by the European Union?
In 1993, the European Community was replaced by the European Union when the Maastricht Treaty went into effect. The European Community (EC) was developed after World War II in the hopes that a more unified Europe would find it harder to go to war with one another.
What was the original name of the European Union?
The term also refers to the “European Communities,” which originally comprised the European Economic Community (EEC), the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC; dissolved in 2002), and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom). In 1993 the three communities were subsumed under the European Union (EU).
What are the names of the European Communities?
These were the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom), and the European Economic Community (EEC); the last of which was renamed the European Community ( EC) in 1993 by the Maastricht Treaty, which formed the European Union .
When was the European Economic Community ( EEC ) formed?
European Economic Community Map showing the composition of the European Economic Community (EEC) from 1957, when it was formed by the members of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), to 1993, when it was renamed the European Community (EC) and was subsumed under the European Union (EU). Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
