HISTORY
The European Union is a confederacy /spolok/ of 27 states which agreed to govern together. The history of the EU dates to 1951 when European Coal and Steel Agreement /Európske spoločenstvo uhlia a ocele/ was signed in which 6 countries Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the Federal Republic of Germany wanted to cooperate in economic area . In 1957 European Economic Community /Európske hospodárske spoločenstvo/ was signed and it was based on common market /spoločnom trhu/.
Later other 9 countries joined to the community. In 1992 The European community changed its name to the European Union with 15 members.