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BACKGROUND

The European Union (EU) was founded as the European Economic Community (EEC) by the Treaty of Rome in 1957 to promote economic and political integration in Europe. The beginning of the EEC followed the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community, created after World War II as a means of promoting integration among former enemies. The EEC has expanded from its original six members (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and Netherlands) to include United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark in 1973; Greece in 1981; Spain and Portugal in 1986; and Austria, Finland, and Sweden in 1995.

All 15-member states hand over some control to the EU's network of institutions. National governments are represented in the Council of the European Union, whilst citizens of the member states are elected to the European Parliament. In 1993, the Maastricht Treaty (which renamed the EEC as the European Union), created European citizenship. It strengthened the power of the......

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