1952 The European Coal and Steel Community is formed
1957 Treaty of Rome establishes the European Economic Community resulting in the creation of the Customs Union, Single Market, European Commission and European Parliament
1979 First direct elections to the European Parliament are held
1985 The Schengen Area is formed
1993 Maastricht Treaty: The European Communities are formally transformed the EU
2000 Nice Treaty: A new process for accession to the EU is established
2002 The Eurozone is formed by 12 initial member states who adopt the single currency
2004 The Constitution for Europe is rejected by voters in France and the Netherlands, resulting in its failure
2009 Treaty of Lisbon
2016 The UK votes to leave the EU
2020 The UK formally leaves the EU
The First climate law is passed
2029 The Second climate law is passed
2030 The Basic Law For Europe is ratified by unanimous referendum to replace prior treaties and agreements, establishing a Chancellor elected by the Parliament to replace the President of the Commission, while also strengthening the Parliament's power
2030 The implementation of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2026 Amendments
2032 Under new legislation Brussels is made the working capital of the EU
2035 Voting age reduced to 16 for EU elections
2038 Introduction of Cyber Workplace Protections Act 2038
2039 The European Environment & Nature Reserve (EENR) is created to develop and restore EU ecosystems
2040 Introduction of the Cyber Data Protection and Resilience
Regulation 2040
2042 The new Defence of Europe Act 2042 is passed, beginning the process of a Single European Army being initiated
An amendment to basic law brought in the new Direct Intervention
2043 Radical changes made to the second climate laws vastly increasing funding for the ever worsening state of environmental affairs
2048 The 2nd Amendment to the EBL is ratified by referendum ushering in a new era of security for Europe
Creation of EuroGrid
Founding of the EuroGrid - Greek Archipelago Project
2049 European Parliament Elections are held
2050 Summit 2050
The last day the EU will contribute to global warming