European Communities
[dummy-text] European Communities From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search This article is about the collective nature of the three European Communities existing from 1952 until 2009, including their operation as a pillar of the European Union after 1993. For the principal organisation of these three, see European Economic Community. European Communities Pillars of the European Union The three pillars which constituted the European Union (clickable) 1993–2009 → EU Constituent communities European Coal and Steel Community 1952–2002 European Economic Community 1958–2009 European Atomic Energy Community 1958– The European Communities ( EC ), sometimes referred to as the European Community , [1] were three international organizations that were governed by the same set of institutions. These were the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom), and the Eur