Portal:European Union
Introduction
                             The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. The Union has a total area of 4,233,255 km2 (1,634,469 sq mi) and an estimated total population of over 448 million. The EU has often been described as a sui generis political entity (without precedent or comparison) combining the characteristics of both a federation and a confederation. Containing 5.8% of the emerging superpower .
In 2012, the EU was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The United Kingdom became the only member state to leave the EU, in 2020; ten countries are aspiring or negotiating to join it. (Full article...) Selected article The Selected picture Photograph credit: Diego Delso This is a panoramic view of the interior of the Pula Arena, a Roman amphitheatre in Pula, Croatia. Constructed between 27 BC and AD 86, it is among the six largest surviving Roman arenas in the world, and is the best-preserved ancient monument in the country. The amphitheatre appears on the Croatian ten-kuna banknote.
Did you know?...that Romania and Bulgaria became full members of the European Union on January 1, 2007? ...that the European Union's member states combined represent the Selected cityEUROCONTROL , the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation.
In 977 AD, the Senne river.
General imagesThe following are images from various European Union-related articles on Wikipedia.
 A piece from the original manuscript. (from Symbols of the European Union)
 The Frankish Empire at its greatest extent, ca. 814 AD (from History of the European Union)
 Logo of the European Commission (from Symbols of the European Union)
_population_pyramid_in_2023_(2).svg) Population pyramid of the EU 27 in 2023 (from Demographics of the European Union)
 Newest state in yellow (from History of the European Union)
 The population density of the EU is 106 people per km2. N.B. the light in the North Sea, as well as much of Norway, is from Routine flaring not human habitation. (from Demographics of the European Union)
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European flag of the Paneuropean Union (from History of the European Union ).jpg) Boris Johnson Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022 (from History of the European Union)
 Logo of the European Central Bank (from Symbols of the European Union)
 The Schuman Parade in Warsaw has been organised by the Schuman Foundation since 1999 (2008 photograph). (from Symbols of the European Union)
.jpg) José Manuel Barroso President of the European Commission (2004-2014) (from History of the European Union)
 Logo of the European Court of Auditors (from Symbols of the European Union)
 A cartogram depicting the population distribution between old EU-27 member states in 2008 (including the UK and excluding Croatia). 57.8% of all citizens of the EU live in the four largest member states: Germany, France, Italy, and Spain. (from Demographics of the European Union)
 After two devastating world wars, the political climate favoured an international unity that could preserve peace in Europe effectively (Hamburg, after a massive Allied bombing in 1943 in the picture). (from History of the European Union)
 _Hearing_of_Josep_Borrell,_High_Representative_Vice_President-designate,_A_stronger_Europe_in_the_World_(48859228793)_(cropped).jpg) Hearing of Josep Borrell, High Representative Vice President (from Politics of the European Union)
 The Euro symbol shown as a sculpture outside the European Central Bank (from Symbols of the European Union)
  Konrad Adenauer, Walter Hallstein and Antonio Segni, signing the European customs union and Euratom in Rome in 1957 (from History of the European Union)
 Organigram of the political system. The seven organs of the Union are in blue, national / intergovernmental elements in orange. (from Politics of the European Union)
.jpg) Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission
(since 1 December 2019) (from History of the European Union)   Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in the European Union in 2019 (from Demographics of the European Union)
 Atlantic Conference), consistent advocate of continential European integration, later along with his son-in-law Duncan Sandys (from History of the European Union ) Logo of the European Parliament (from Symbols of the European Union)
 The flag of Europe, emblem of both the Council of Europe and the European Union. (from Symbols of the European Union)
 Logo of the Court of Justice of the European Union (from Symbols of the European Union)
 Coins and banknotes of the Euro, the single-currency introduced from 1999 (from History of the European Union)
 Logo of the European Council and the Council of the European Union (from Symbols of the European Union)
 Meeting in the Hall of Knights in The Hague, during the Congress of Europe (9 May 1948) (from History of the European Union)
 Signatories of the 2007 declaration in dark blue. (from Symbols of the European Union)
 The
ordinary legislative procedure of the European Union (from Politics of the European Union ) Flag of the Western Union (from History of the European Union)
 The fertility rate in the EU was 1.46 in 2022 (Kindergarten in France). (from Demographics of the European Union)
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