Six, The

Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg were the original six members in the European Economic Community (Photo: European Commission)

Six, The

The founding six member states of the European Economic Community: Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg.

The term used for EFTA when it had seven Member States was "The Seven".

Now, the seven EFTA members are four, and the founding Six EEC Members have become 28 with the latest enlargements of the EU in 2004, 2007 and 2013.