European Union - União Europeia

THE European Union (EU) is a bloc formed by European countries that have united economically and politically, with their own presidency, parliament and courts. Your motto is united in diversity.

member countries

1957

• Germany^1,2
• Belgium^1,2
• France^1,2
• Netherlands^1,2
• Italy^1,2
• Luxembourg^1,2

1973

• Denmark²
• Ireland^1,6
• UK⁶

1981

• Greece^1,2

1986

• Spain^1,2
• Portugal^1,2

1995

• Austria^1,2
• Finland^1,2
• Sweden²

2004

• Cyprus³
• Slovakia³
• Slovenia³
• Estonia³
• Hungary³
• Latvia³
• Lithuania³
• Malta³
• Poland³
• Czech republic³

2007

• Bulgaria³
• Romania³

European Union outermost region

• French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Meeting and Martinique: parts of France, but outside the Schengen Treaty
• wood and Azores: parts of Portugal, with the same status
• Canary Islands: part of Spain, with the same status
• Other territories and overseas dependencies of EU member countries each have their own status with regard to the application of common EU laws, elections, citizenship, free transit, customs and the Eurozone.

European countries outside the EU

• Albania
• Andorra^1,4
• Belarus
• Bosnia Herzegovina
• Croatia⁵
• Iceland²
• Liechtenstein⁴
• Macedonia⁵
• Moldavia
• monaco^1,4
• Montenegro
• Norway²
• Russia
• San Marino^1,4
• Serbia
• Switzerland²
• Turkey⁵
• Ukraine
• Vatican^1,4

1 - Countries that have adopted the EURO as currency, although not all are part of the European Union. This region is also known as Eurozone or eurozone.

2 - Member countries of Schengen Convention, which allow the free transit of people in their territory.

3 - Eurozone and Schengen Convention not yet implemented.

4 - The principalities of Andorra and Monaco, the Republic of San Marino and the Vatican City, despite not being formal members of the Schengen Treaty, are integrated into the territories of which they are enclaves (Spain, France and Italy) and allow free movement of people. The same goes for Liechtenstein.

5 - Candidate countries

6 - Countries with separate immigration from other member countries of the Schengen Convention.

European Union name in main languages

• Europäische Union (German)
• Europar Batasuna (Basque)
• Европейски съюз (Bulgarian)
• European Union (Catalan)
• Den Europæiske Union (Danish)
• Single Europska (Slovak)
• Evropska unija (Slovenian)
• European Union (Spanish)
• Europe Liit (Estonian)
• Euroopan unioni (Finnish)
• Union Européenne (French)
• An tAontas Eorpach (Irish Gaelic)
• Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση (Greek)
• Europese Unie (Dutch)
• Európai Unió (Hungarian)
• European Union (English)
• European Union (Italian)
• Eurohpa Uniovdna (Lapan)
• Savienība Eiropas (Latvian)
• Europos Sąjunga (Lithuanian)
• L-Unjoni Ewropea (Maltese)
• Unia Europejska (Polish)
• European Union (Portuguese)
• Uniunea Europeană (Romanian)
• Europeaniska unionen (Swedish)
• Evropská unie (Czech)

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