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The six founders of the European Communities (European Coal and Steel Community, European Community, Euratom). The Inner Six (also known as the Six or the Six founders) refers to the six founding member states of the European Union, namely Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.
The European Council officially gained the status of an EU institution after the Treaty of Lisbon in 2007, distinct from the Council of the European Union (Council of Ministers). Before that, the first summits of EU heads of state or government were held in February and July 1961 (in Paris and Bonn respectively).
1992 – Maastricht Treaty formally called the Treaty on European Union - The European Union is born and Euro was introduced as the fellow currency (Denmark and the UK are not included in the EMU (European Monetary Union)). 1993 – Copenhagen criteria defined; 1995 – Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden; Schengen area established
Prior to this, the venue for European Council summits was in the member state that held the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union. [35] In order to make room for additional meeting space a number of renovations were made, including the conversion of an underground carpark into additional press briefing rooms. [ 36 ]
A pivotal moment in European integration was the Hague Congress of May 1948, as it led to the creation of the European Movement International, the College of Europe [39] and most importantly to the founding of the Council of Europe on the 5th of May 1949 (now known as Europe Day). The Council of Europe was the first institution to bring the ...
the Council of the European Union (of member state ministers, a council for each area of responsibility), the European Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Central Bank and; the European Court of Auditors. [1] Institutions are distinct from both advisory bodies to the European Union and agencies of the European ...
The European Union (EU) is a sui generis supranational union of states. At a European Council Summit held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 June and 22 June 1993, [2] the European Union defined the Copenhagen criteria regarding the conditions a candidate country has to fulfill to be considered eligible for accession to the European Union:
The Presidency of the Council of the European Union rotates among each of the member states, allowing each state six months to help direct the agenda of the EU. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] Similarly, each state is assigned seats in Parliament according to their population (smaller countries receiving more seats per inhabitant than the larger ones).