European Union

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The European Union is a unique economic and political union between 27 EU countries that together cover much of the continent. The predecessor of the EU was created in the aftermath of the Second World War. The first steps were to foster economic cooperation: the idea being that countries that trade with one another become economically interdependent and so more likely to avoid conflict. The result was the European Economic Community (EEC), created in 1958, and initially increasing economic cooperation between six countries: Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Since then, 22 other members joined and a huge single market (also known as the 'internal' market) has been created and continues to develop towards its full potential. On 31 January 2020 the United Kingdom left the European Union. What began as a purely economic union has evolved into an organization spanning policy areas, from climate, environment and health to external relations and security, justice and migration. A name change from the European Economic Community (EEC) to the European Union (EU) in 1993 reflected this.

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Country Breakdown

Data available for 0 of 27 members
CountryGDP%Population%CO2 Emissions%
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นAustriaโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ชBelgiumโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌBulgariaโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ทCroatiaโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พCyprusโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟCzech Republicโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐDenmarkโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ชEstoniaโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎFinlandโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFranceโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermanyโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทGreeceโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บHungaryโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชIrelandโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นItalyโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ปLatviaโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡นLithuaniaโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บLuxembourgโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡นMaltaโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑNetherlandsโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑPolandโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡นPortugalโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ดRomaniaโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐSlovakiaโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎSloveniaโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธSpainโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSwedenโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”

Member Countries (27)

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นAustria(AT)๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ชBelgium(BE)๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌBulgaria(BG)๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ทCroatia(HR)๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พCyprus(CY)๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟCzech Republic(CZ)๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐDenmark(DK)๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ชEstonia(EE)๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎFinland(FI)๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrance(FR)๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany(DE)๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทGreece(GR)๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บHungary(HU)๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชIreland(IE)๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นItaly(IT)๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ปLatvia(LV)๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡นLithuania(LT)๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บLuxembourg(LU)๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡นMalta(MT)๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑNetherlands(NL)๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑPoland(PL)๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡นPortugal(PT)๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ดRomania(RO)๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐSlovakia(SK)๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎSlovenia(SI)๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธSpain(ES)๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSweden(SE)