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European Economic Community | |||||||||
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| 1958–2009 | |||||||||
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 Membership of the EEC from 1986 (green) and of the later pillar from 2007 (blue) | |||||||||
| Status | Sui generis International organisation | ||||||||
| Capital | Not applicable¹ | ||||||||
| Common languages | |||||||||
| Commission President | |||||||||
• 1958-1967 | Walter Hallstein | ||||||||
• 1967-1970 | Jean Rey | ||||||||
• 1985-1995 | Jacques Delors | ||||||||
• 1999-2004 | Romano Prodi | ||||||||
• 2004-2009 | José Manuel Barroso | ||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||
• Treaty signing | 25 March 1957 | ||||||||
• Established | 1 January 1958 1958 | ||||||||
• Pillar | 1 November 1993 | ||||||||
• Absorption | 1 January 2009 2009 | ||||||||
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¹ The political centres were Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg. ²Initial founding languages, before the subsequent enlargements, were Dutch, English, French, German and Italian. These were joined by Danish, Greek, Portuguese, and Spanish before the EEC became part of the EU. | |||||||||
