The European Economic Community (EEC) is founded.
The EEC was a predecessor of today’s European Union (EU).
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The European Union expanded the 1951 Stresa Convention.
The EU banned all British beef exports due to the risks of carrying 'mad cow disease.'
The European Union is established as the Maastricht Treaty is signed.
Romania and Bulgaria signed the European Union's Treaty of Accession, the last step to joining the Union.
The United Kingdom left the European Union, also known as 'Brexit.'