Atlas of the European Union

See also: Atlas of Europe.

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European Union

European Union Native names Native names in the official languages: Bulgarian: Европейски съюз (Evropejski Săjuz) Croatian: Europska unija Czech: Evropská unie Danish: Europæiske Union Dutch: Europese Unie English: European Union Estonian: Euroopa Liit Finnish: Euroopan unioni French: Union européenne German: Europäische Union Greek: Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση (Evropaïki Enosi) Hungarian: Európai Unió Irish (Gaelic) An tAontas Eorpach Italian: Unione Europea Latvian: Eiropas Savienība Lithuanian: Europos Sąjunga Maltese: Unjoni Ewropea Polish: Unia Europejska Portuguese: União Europeia Romanian: Uniunea Europeană Slovak: Európska únia Slovenian: Evropska unija Spanish: Unión Europea Swedish: Europeiska unionen Deutsch Europäische Union Die Europäische Union' (EU) ist ein aus 28 europäischen Staaten bestehender Staatenverbund eigener Prägung (sui generis). Die Bevölkerung der EU umfasst derzeit rund 498 Millionen Einwohner. Im EU-Binnenmarkt erwirtschaften die Mitgliedstaaten zusammen das größte Bruttoinlandsprodukt der Welt. Gegenwärtig basiert die Europäische Union auf dem am 1. November 1993 in Kraft getretenen Vertrag über die Europäische Union und bildet die Dachkonstruktion der sogenannten drei „Säulen“ Europäische Gemeinschaften (EG), Gemeinsame Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik (GASP) sowie Polizeiliche und justizielle Zusammenarbeit in Strafsachen (PJZS). English European Union - European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational and intergovernmental union of 28 democratic member states. The European Union was established under that name in 1992 by the Treaty on European Union (the Maastricht Treaty). Many aspects of the Union existed before that date through a series of predecessor relationships, dating back to 1951. Español Unión Europea La Unión Europea supone la coordinación económica de los pueblos europeos para evitar conflictos económicos internos que puedan volver a llevar a Europa a su debacle. También es una respuesta de los estados del bienestar contra la economía puramente capitalista de otras países. En la actualidad la forman 28 democracias con el 30,3% del PIB mundial (Según Banco Mundial a 2005). Français Union Européenne L’Union européenne, née le 7 février 1992, lors de la signature du traité sur l'Union européenne à Maastricht par les douze États membres de la Communauté économique européenne (CEE), est une union intergouvernementale et supranationale composée de 28 États. L'UE est la première puissance économique de la planète avec 30,30 % du PIB mondial (Banque mondiale, Total GDP, 2005). Short name  European Union Official  name European Union Status Partly quasi-federal union of 28 European countries, founded de-facto in 1957 (present name since 1992), members countries are: ► Austria, ► Belgium, ► Bulgaria, ► Croatia, ► Cyprus, ► Czech Republic, ► Denmark, ► Estonia, ► Finland, ► France, ► Germany, ► Greece, ► Hungary, ► Ireland, ► Italy, ► Latvia, ► Lithuania, ► Luxembourg, ► Malta, the ► Netherlands, ► Poland, ► Portugal, ► Romania, ► Slovakia, ► Slovenia, ► Spain, ► Sweden, and the ► United Kingdom. Location Europe Capital Brussels, some institutions in Luxembourg and Strasbourg Population 498,555,000 inhabitants Area 4,479,367 km² Major  languages The official languages of the member states Major  religions Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Orthodoxy etc. More information European Union, Geography of the European Union, History of the European Union and Politics of the European Union More  images European Union - European Union (Category).

General maps

Location of the European Union Localisation de l'Union européene Localización en un mapamundi

Member states of the European Union (map 1) États membres de l'Union européene Países miembros

Member states of the European Union (map 2) États membres de l'Union européene Países miembros

European Union as a single entity and candidate members l'Union européene comme une unité unique et membres candidats La Unión y países candidatos

Member states by form of government    presidential republic    semi-presidential republic    parliamentary republic    parliamentary constitutional monarchy

Member states by head of state:    monarchy    republic

Member states by internal structure:    unitary state    devolved state    federacy    federation

Member states by parliamentary houses:    unicameral    bicameral

European monarchies by way of succesion:    equal primogeniture    male primogeniture, to be changed to equal primogeniture    male primogeniture    agnatic primogeniture

States with applications:    current members    candidate countries    Formally submitted membership application to EU    accession rejected in a referendum 1972 and 1994    application frozen    application rejected

Prospective members:    current members    candidate countries    potential candidate countries (SAA)    in the long run application possible

Neigbour states by freedom (as rated by Freedom House):    European Union (all "free")    free    partly free    unfree    not rated

Les pays et territoires d'outre-mer (ou PTOM) sont des dépendances et territoires d'outre-mer des pays membres de l'Union européenne:    Union Européenne (UE)    Régions ultrapériphériques (RUP)    Pays et territoires d'outre-mer (PTOM)

Régions ultrapériphériques The European Outermost Regions

PIB par habitant de l'Union Européennne European Union GDP

Union économique et monétaire European Economic and Monetary Union

Euro Accesion:    Eurozone (16)    EU member obliged to join the Eurozone by the Maastricht Treaty (9)    EU member with a derogation on euro participation (1)    EU member planning to hold a referendum on the euro and with a derogation on euro participation (1)    Area using the euro with an agreement (5)    Area using the euro without an agreement (4)

Relations with the Euro:    Eurozone countries    European Exchange Rate Mechanism members    EU member with currency pegged to the euro    EU members with free-floating currencies    non-EU members with free-floating currencies    non-EU member with currency pegged to the euro    countries/territories outside the Eurozone that use the Euro

Relations with the Euro:    current Eurozone countries    ERM II members    EU member with currency pegged to the euro    non-Eurozone EU members    territories outside the Eurozone using the euro    non-EU member with currency pegged to the euro

Produit intérieur brut Gross domestic product

Fonds européen de développement régional European Regional Development Fund

Schengen Agreement:    Schengen Agreement members    Legally bound to join    Cooperating countries

Schengen Agreement:    Fully Schengen members (EU member states which have implemented the Schengen Agreement)    Associated Schengen members (non-EU member states which have implemented the Schengen Agreement)    Other EU member states (EU member states which have not implemented the Schengen Agreement yet)    EU member states which apply only some Schengen laws

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day the European Union, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day the European Union.

Main gallery: Enlargement of the European Union.

Past enlargements

Animated map of the enlargements

The European Communities in 1957

The European Communities in 1973

The European Communities in 1981

The European Communities in 1986

The European Communities in 1990

The European Union in 1995

The European Union in 2004

The European Union in 2007

The European Union in 2013

Original members of the European Coal and Steel Community

Notes and references

General remarks: The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references. Every entry has an introduction section in English. If other languages are native and/or official in an entity, introductions in other languages are added in separate sections. The text of the introduction(s) is based on the content of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. For sources of the introduction see therefore the Wikipedia entries linked to. The same goes for the texts in the history sections. Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries. The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned. The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey.