Thread by @EU_Commission

To all EU history enthusiasts: in 2022 we will celebrate many anniversaries!

These milestones laid the foundations for the EU as we know it today.

Discover them in our thread 🧵

#EUArchives

🙋‍♂️10 years of the European Citizens' Initiative

Since April 2012, the Citizens' Initiative allows Europeans to call on the European Commission to propose new EU legislation on a particular issue.

Find out more here → europa.eu/!fg98kR

#EUTakeTheInitiative #EUarchives

💶 20 years of the euro in circulation

On 1 January 2002, euro notes and coins became legal currency in 12 EU countries.

Today, 19 different countries use the euro.

There are over 140 billion coins and 27 billion banknotes in circulation.

#EUROat20 #EUarchives

📘 30 years of the Maastricht Treaty signature

The Treaty on European Union was signed by 12 countries in Maastricht on 7 February 1992.
It marked a new step in the process of creating an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe.

#EUarchives

🦅 30 years of Natura 2000 and LIFE Programme

#Natura2000 is the largest coordinated network of protected areas in the world.

The #LIFEprogramme is the EU's funding instrument for the environment and climate action.

#EUarchives

📦 30 years of the European Humanitarian Aid Office

We have been providing humanitarian aid since 1992 in over 110 countries, reaching millions of people across the globe each year.

The EU is one of the world’s largest aid providers.

#EUarchives

35 years of Erasmus

The student exchange programme was born in 1987.
It has evolved a lot since then, and places today a strong focus on:

👐 social inclusion
🌿 the green and digital transitions, and
🙋 promoting young people’s participation in democratic life.

#EUarchives

60 years of the Common Agricultural Policy

The CAP was born in 1962.

It is conceived as a common policy, with the objectives of providing affordable food for EU citizens and a fair standard of living for farmers.

#EUarchives

70 years of the Treaty of Paris.

The Treaty entered into force in July 1952.

The six founding European countries pooled their coal and steel production with one goal in mind: never again war.

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70 years of EU Court of Justice

The EU’s highest legal authority was created in 1952.

Its job is to ensure that EU law is interpreted and applied in the same way in every EU country. @EUCourtPress

#EUarchives

Take a trip back in time and discover more important moments in history, inventions, major events in sport and society and more, many of which made the EU what it is today.

Check our timeline:

europa.eu/learning-corne…