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First Community Enlargement

France · Government / European Economic Community (EEC). Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1973

Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou1 January 1973

Paris · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

France welcomed Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom into the European Communities, increasing membership from six to nine.

Names involved

Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou

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