Atlas of the European Union

 See also category: Atlas of Europe.

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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 27 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 unique supranational and intergovernmental union of 27 democratic member states. The population of the EU currently has around 498 million inhabitants. In the EU single market, the Member States together generate the largest gross domestic product in the world. 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 27 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 27 États. L'UE est la première puissance économique de la planète avec 30,30 % du PIB mondial (Banque mondiale, Total GDP, 2005). Português União Europeia A União Europeia (UE) é uma união económica e política de 27 Estados-membros independentes situados principalmente na Europa.11 A UE tem as suas origens na Comunidade Europeia do Carvão e do Aço (CECA) e na Comunidade Económica Europeia (CEE), formadas por seis países em 1957. Nos anos que se seguiram, o território da UE foi aumentando de dimensão através da adesão de novos Estados-membros, ao mesmo tempo que aumentava a sua esfera de influência através da inclusão de novas competências políticas. Short name  European Union Official name European Union Status Partly quasi-federal union of 27 European countries, founded de-facto in 1952 (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, and ► Sweden Location Europe Capital Brussels, some institutions in Frankfurt, Luxembourg City, and Strasbourg Population 447,007,596 inhabitants Area 4,233,262 square kilometres (1,634,472 sq mi) 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 Localização da União Europeia

European Union as a single entity l'Union européene comme une unité unique A União Europeia como uma entidade única

Member states by form of government   Presidential republic   Semi-presidential republic   Parliamentary republic   Parliamentary constitutional monarchy

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

Member states by parliamentary houses:   unicameral   bicameral

EU monarchies by way of succesion:   Absolute primogeniture   Male-preference cognatic primogeniture, to be changed to absolute primogeniture   EU members without monarchy

Freedom in Europe according to Freedom House:   Free   Partly free   Not free

European Union GDP PIB par habitant de l'Union Européennne

European Economic and Monetary Union Union économique et monétaire União económica e monetária

European Regional Development Fund Fonds européen de développement régional

States and territories

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

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

Special territories of the European Union:   European Union (EU)   Outermost regions (OMR)   Overseas countries and territories (OCT)   Special cases   Other special territories 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)   Cas spéciaux   Autres territoires spéciaux

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.

Enlargement of the European Union

Original members of the European Coal and Steel Community

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

The European Union in 2020

De jure status of the potential enlargement of the European Union:   Current member states   Former member states   Recognised candidates   Recognised by the EU as potential candidates which have submitted an application   Recognised by the EU as potential candidates which have not yet applied for membership   States which have submitted an application but are not recognised by the EU as potential candidates   States which have withdrawn their applications and which are members of the European Free Trade Association

Eurozone

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 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

Schengen Agreement

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

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.