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The Community has established a {{W|common market}} and {{W|customs union}} among certain nations of Western Europe during the 1970s, which originally consisted of [[Germany]], [[France]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Sardinia]], [[Skandinavia]], {{W|Finland}}, [[Portugal]], {{W|Greece}}, and {{W|Austria}}. It gained a set of common institutions to promote trade, and its main decision-making body is the [[Council of Europe]]. It consists of representatives from each member state, with a rotating Presidency. The [[European Court of Justice]] (ECJ) was also created as the main legal authority in the organization, helping coordinate law enforcement and settling disputes between states. During the 1980s and 1990s the Community's membership expanded to eastern Europe, including [[Russia]], {{W|Poland}}, {{W|Ukraine}}, {{W|Lithuania}}, {{W|Latvia}}, {{W|Estonia}}, {{W|Czech Republic}}, {{W|Slovakia}}, and {{W|Belarus}}, and to the Balkans, with {{W|Serbia}}, {{W|Croatia}}, [[Hungary]], {{W|Bulgaria}}, [[Romania]], and {{W|Montenegro}}. After the [[Revolutions of 2000]] and the end of the [[Cold War]] in Europe, [[Spain]], [[Italy]], and the [[United Kingdom]] joined the EC. | The Community has established a {{W|common market}} and {{W|customs union}} among certain nations of Western Europe during the 1970s, which originally consisted of [[Germany]], [[France]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Sardinia]], [[Skandinavia]], {{W|Finland}}, [[Portugal]], {{W|Greece}}, and {{W|Austria}}. It gained a set of common institutions to promote trade, and its main decision-making body is the [[Council of Europe]]. It consists of representatives from each member state, with a rotating Presidency. The [[European Court of Justice]] (ECJ) was also created as the main legal authority in the organization, helping coordinate law enforcement and settling disputes between states. During the 1980s and 1990s the Community's membership expanded to eastern Europe, including [[Russia]], {{W|Poland}}, {{W|Ukraine}}, {{W|Lithuania}}, {{W|Latvia}}, {{W|Estonia}}, {{W|Czech Republic}}, {{W|Slovakia}}, and {{W|Belarus}}, and to the Balkans, with {{W|Serbia}}, {{W|Croatia}}, [[Hungary]], {{W|Bulgaria}}, [[Romania]], and {{W|Montenegro}}. After the [[Revolutions of 2000]] and the end of the [[Cold War]] in Europe, [[Spain]], [[Italy]], and the [[United Kingdom]] joined the EC. | ||
The organization is was established by the [[Treaty of Lippstadt]] that came into effect on 1 November 1968. The EC is also called the '''Common Market''' in English-speaking countries. During the Cold War a military alliance called the [[Lippstadt Pact]] also existed as a military counterpart to the EC, but it was dissolved in | The organization is was established by the [[Treaty of Lippstadt]] that came into effect on 1 November 1968. The EC is also called the '''Common Market''' in English-speaking countries. During the Cold War a military alliance called the [[Lippstadt Pact]] also existed as a military counterpart to the EC, but it was dissolved in 2004 after the end of the Cold War. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||