Portal:European Union

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File:Flag of Europe.svg   Welcome to the European Union Portal! File:1x1.png File:Raptus Europae cropped.png File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Austria.svg File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Belgium.svg File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Bulgaria.svg File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Croatia.svg File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Cyprus.svg File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Czech Republic.svg File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Denmark.svg File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Estonia.svg File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Finland.svg File:EU Member States' CoA Series- France.svg File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Germany.svg File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Greece.svg File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Hungary.svg File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Ireland.svg File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Italy.svg File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Latvia.svg File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Lithuania.svg File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Luxembourg.svg File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Malta.svg File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Netherlands.svg File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Poland.svg File:Portuguese shield.svg File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Romania.svg File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Slovakia.svg File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Slovenia.svg File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Spain.svg File:EU Member States' CoA Series- Sweden.svg File:Coat of arms of Europe.svg The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. A supranational union with a total area of 4,233,255 km2 (1,634,469 sq mi) and an estimated population of just under 452 million as of 2026, its member states generated a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of around €18.802 trillion in 2025, accounting for approximately one sixth of global economic output. The EU is often described as a sui generis political entity combining characteristics of both a federation and a confederation. Its cornerstone, the Customs Union, paved the way to establishing an internal single market based on standardised legal framework and legislation that apply in all member states in those matters, and only those matters, where the states have agreed to act as one. EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people, goods, services and capital within the internal market; enact legislation in justice and home affairs; and maintain common policies on trade, agriculture, fisheries, and regional development. The EU was established, along with its citizenship, when the Maastricht Treaty came into force in 1993. The Union later acquired a single, explicit international legal personality with the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon in 2009. Its beginnings can be traced to the Inner Six states (Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and West Germany) at the start of modern European integration in 1948, and to the Western Union, the International Authority for the Ruhr, the European Coal and Steel Community, the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, which were established by treaties. These increasingly amalgamated bodies grew, with their legal successor, the EU, both in size through the accessions of a further 22 states from 1973 to 2013, and in power through acquisitions of policy areas. In 2020, the United Kingdom became the only member state to leave the EU; ten countries are aspiring or negotiating to join it. (Full article...) Portal:European Union/box-footer The following are images from various European Union-related articles on Wikipedia. Discover Wikipedia using portals icon List of all portals icon The arts portal File:P vip.svg Biography portal File:Ambox globe.svg Current events portal icon Geography portal File:P history.svg History portal icon Mathematics portal icon Science portal icon Society portal icon Technology portal icon Random portal icon WikiProject Portals