little tricks I'm studying for tomorrow's midterm in Introduction to European Politics. We've just started touching on the European Union, so we've covered its evolution from one treaty to another. There were six countries that signed the original treaty to become the ECSC (European Coal & Steel Community) in 1958. They were "F-BLING": France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, Netherlands and Germany. In the 70s, there was a DUI, when Denmark, the United Kingdom and Ireland joined. I don't think he wants us to know all the details of each successive expansion, so that's all I've made a point of remembering for now. It's probably more important to know the various treaties they signed. So yeah, I'm getting on that right now...!  | ¶ 11:34 p.m.