An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
1Britain and Ireland were about to join the then European Economic Community.
2Greece joined what was then called the European Economic Community in 1981.
3THE Treaty of Rome, negotiated in 1957, created the six-nation European Economic Community.
4France was also key in getting Greece into the European Economic Community in 1981.
5Greenland, a Danish territory, did vote to leave the European Economic Community in 1985.
6Sir, -Denmark, Ireland and the UK joined the European Economic Community in 1973.
7Imagine it is 1972, just before Ireland joined what was then the European Economic Community.
8They were travelling to Brussels to prepare for Ireland's entry into the European Economic Community.
9Turkey first applied for full membership of what was then the European Economic Community in 1987.
10The UK joined the EU, then known as the EEC ( European Economic Community), in 1973.
11That statement more accurately reflects what the European Economic Community, subsequently the European Community, used to be.
12British fishermen say too many concessions were made when Britain joined the European Economic Community in 1973.
13The Treaty of Rome and its four freedoms created the fledgling European Economic Community that became today's EU.
14August 1st, 1961: Ireland applies for full membership of the European Economic Community.
15In his memoirs Charles de Gaulle dealt at some length with his role in the European Economic Community.
16NATO and the European Economic Community membership would have to wait until after Franco's death in 1975, however.
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