European Community

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Economic and political alliance designed to foster trade and cooperation among its member countries. The European Community was created by the Maastricht Treaty in 1993, and is one of the three pillars of the European Union. Prior to 1993, this was known as the European Economic Community, which was formed after World War II.

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