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      • The European Union (EU) was originally created by six founding states in 1958, but has grown to its current size of 27 member states. There were five successive enlargements during this period, with the largest occurring on May 1, 2004, when 10 member states joined. The EU have 27 member states since 2007 with the addition of Romania and Bulgaria.
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  2. The European Union ( EU) is a supranational political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. [8] [9] The Union has a total area of 4,233,255 km 2 (1,634,469 sq mi) and an estimated total population of over 448 million.

  3. A European Union member state is any one of the twenty-seven countries that have joined the European Union (EU) since it was found in 1958 as the European Economic Community (EEC). From an original membership of six states, there have been five successive enlargements.

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    State
    Official Name
    Accession
    January 1, 1995
    8,169,929
    March 25, 1957
    10,274,595
    January 1, 2007
    7,679,290
    July 1, 2013
    4,290,612
  4. v. t. e. The European Union is a geo-political entity, created in 1993, covering a large portion of the European continent. It is founded upon numerous treaties and has undergone expansions and secessions that have taken it from six member states to 27, a majority of the states in Europe.

  5. The European Union ( abbreviation: EU) is a union of 27 member countries in Europe established by the Maastricht Treaty in 1992-1993. It is a sui generis political organisation that has both the characteristics of a federation and of a confederation . The EU grew out of the European Economic Community ( EEC) which was established by the Treaty ...

  6. Jan 5, 2004 · The organisation founded in 1957 which is now known as the European Union, originally had six members: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. European Commission Opinions on the Applications for Membership of the European Union

  7. Key facts and figures. Structure. How the EU budget is spent, how its staff are organised, what countries use the euro, and what countries are members of the Schengen free-travel area. Economy. The EU is a single market that trades globally and between its member countries. Life in the EU.

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