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The Evolution of the EU

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  • WWII

    WWII
    Beginning of the War

  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference
    Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Harry Truman—met in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945, to negotiate terms for the end of World War II.

  • WWII Ending

    WWII Ending
    When WWII ended.

  • Marshal Plan

    Marshal Plan
    The goals of the United States were to rebuild war-torn regions, remove trade barriers, modernize industry, improve European prosperity, and prevent the spread of communism.

  • European Coal & Steel Community

    European Coal & Steel Community
    It set up the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) which brought together 6 countries (Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands)

  • European Parliament

    European Parliament
    European Parliament, legislative assembly of the European Union

  • Benelux Treaty

    Benelux Treaty
    Promote the free movement of capital, services, and goods in the region

  • Berlin Wall Built

    Berlin Wall Built
    To stop an exodus from the eastern, communist part of divided Germany to the more prosperous west.

  • Fall of Berlin Wall

    Fall of Berlin Wall
    Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders.

  • EURO

    EURO
    Founding member of the European Union and one of the first countries to adopt the euro