European Union
European Union
Европейски съюз (Bulgarian)
Evropská unie (Czech)
Den Europæiske Union (Danish)
Europese Unie (Dutch)
Euroopa Liit (Estonian)
Euroopan unioni (Finnish)
Union européenne (French)
Europäische Union (German)
Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση (Greek)
Európai Unió (Hungarian)
An tAontas Eorpach (Irish)
Unione Europea (Italian)
Eiropas Savienība (Latvian)
Europos Sąjunga (Lithuanian)
L-Unjoni Ewropea (Maltese)
Unia Europejska (Polish)
União Europeia (Portuguese)
Uniunea Europeană (Romanian)
Európska únia (Slovak)
Evropska unija (Slovene)
Unión Europea (Spanish)
Europeiska unionen (Swedish)
Flag
Presidency insignia
Motto: United in diversity[1]
Anthem: Ode to Joy[1] (orchestral)
Political centres
Brussels
Luxembourg
Strasbourg
Official
languages
23
Bulgarian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Estonian
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Irish
Italian
Latvian
Lithuanian
Maltese
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Slovak
Slovene
Spanish
Swedish
Demonym
European[2]
Member States
27
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
European Union
1
Government
Sui generis
-
European
Council
Jan Fischer (Ind)
-
Parliament
(Lower House)
Hans-Gert Pöttering (EPP)
-
Council
(Upper House)
Czech Republic
-
Commission
(Federal
Government)
José Manuel Barroso (EPP)
Formation
-
Paris Treaty
18 April 1951
-
Rome Treaty
25 March 1957
- Maastricht
Treaty
7 February 1992
Area
-
Total
4,324,782 km2 (n/a)
1,669,807 sq mi
- Water (%)
3.08
Population
-
2008 estimate
499,673,300 (n/a)
-
Density
114/km2 (n/a)
289/sq mi
GDP (PPP)
2008 (IMF) estimate
-
Total
$15.247 trillion
-
Per capita
$30,513
GDP (nominal)
2008 (IMF) estimate
-
Total
$18.394 trillion (n/a)
-
Per capita
$36,812
Gini (2009)
30.7 (EU25)[3] (High)
HDI (2006)
0.960-0.825[4] (High) (n/a)
Currency
Euro + 11
Euro (€) (EUR) (de jure)
British pound
Bulgarian lev
Czech korun