European Economic Community

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Witness the manner in which trade liberalization in the European Economic Community and its successor, the European Union, brought unparalleled prosperity first to Western Europe and later to the former members of the Warsaw Pact.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The list also includes the European Economic Community - a precursor to the European Union.

From Reuters • Jul. 21, 2023

Keith remembers when the UK joined the then European Economic Community in 1973, when he was a boy.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2023

There remain some hurt feelings in New Zealand after Britain joined what was then the European Economic Community back in 1973, leaving many New Zealand exporters feeling abandoned.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2021

Declaration on Article 109 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community 9.

From The Treaty of the European Union, Maastricht Treaty, 7th February, 1992 by European Union