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European Community: Quick Facts

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Also Known As EEC • EC • Common Market • European Economic Community
Date 1957 - present
Areas Of Involvement economic integration • federation • common market
Related People Konrad Adenauer • Willy Brandt • Sir Edward Heath • Renato Ruggiero • Jack Lynch • Roy Jenkins • Paul-Henri Spaak • Willem Drees • Jacques Delors • Robert Schuman

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Map of Europe showing the expansion of the European Economic Community (EEC) by country and year of joining. Original members in central and western Europe are shaded in purple, while later members are highlighted in different colors: green for 1973, yellow for 1981, red for 1986, and blue for East Germany joining as part of reunified Germany in 1990. Country names and historical boundaries are labeled.
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