1945
End WWII
1952
ECCS
(European Community for Coal and Steel)
1957
EEC (Treaty of Rome)
(European Economic Community)
1989
Fall of Iron curtain
(new start)
1991
Fall of SU so Middle and Eastern countries can become democratic and also start joining
1993
EU is formed (political Union instead of economic)
2001
Euro
2004
8 countries from Eastern Europe join EU
2020
Brexit