History & Society
European Union
European organization
Category:
History & Society
- Awards And Honors:
- Nobel Prize
- Date:
- November 1, 1993
- Areas Of Involvement:
- economic growth
- economic integration
- euro
- currency
- defense
- Related People:
- Catherine Ashton
- Peter Mandelson
- Umberto Bossi
- Herman Van Rompuy
- Romano Prodi
Recent News
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Jan. 27, 2024, 7:53 AM ET (AP)
Biden and Germany's Scholz will meet in Washington as US and EU aid for Ukraine hangs in the balance
European Union (EU), international organization comprising 27 European countries and governing common economic, social, and security policies. Originally confined to western Europe, the EU undertook a robust expansion into central and eastern Europe in the early 21st century. The EU’s members are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden. The United Kingdom, which had been a founding member of the EU, left the organization in 2020. The EU was created by the Maastricht Treaty, which entered ...(100 of 6239 words)