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  2. European Economic Community - Wikipedia

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    The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organisation created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957, [note 1] aiming to foster economic integration among its member states. It was subsequently renamed the European Community (EC) upon becoming integrated into the first pillar of the newly formed European Union (EU) in 1993.

  3. United Kingdom membership of the European Union - Wikipedia

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    Britain first began talks to join the EEC in July 1961. [1] ... Leave the European Union: 17,410,742: 51.89: Remain a member of the European Union: 16,141,241 48.11

  4. Accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities

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    The ECSC and EEC would later be integrated into the European Union under the Maastricht and Lisbon treaties in the early 1990s and mid-2000s. The UK had been the first country to establish a Delegation to the ECSC in 1952, and the first country to sign an Association Agreement with the Community in 1954.

  5. 1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum

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    The 1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum, also known variously as the Referendum on the European Community (Common Market), the Common Market referendum and EEC membership referendum, was a non-binding referendum that took place on 5 June 1975 in the United Kingdom (UK) under the provisions of the Referendum Act 1975 ...

  6. 1973 enlargement of the European Communities - Wikipedia

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    In 1992 Norway again applied to join, but voters again rejected the proposal in a 1994 referendum. Greenland later withdrew from the EC on 1 January 1985 after a referendum in 1982 . This was followed by the United Kingdom holding a referendum in 2016 on membership which resulted in the United Kingdom voting to leave the EU .

  7. Enlargement of the European Union - Wikipedia

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    These countries were so economically linked to the UK that they considered it necessary to join the EEC if the UK did. [20] However the Norwegian government lost a national referendum on membership and hence did not accede with the others on 1 January 1973.

  8. Treaty of Rome - Wikipedia

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    The Treaty of Rome, or EEC Treaty (officially the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community), brought about the creation of the European Economic Community (EEC), the best known of the European Communities (EC).

  9. History of European integration (1948–1957) - Wikipedia

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    They came into force on 1958-01-01 establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom). The latter body fostered co-operation in the nuclear field, at the time a very popular area, and the EEC was to create a full customs union between members.