The countries of the European Union

The European Union -known by its acronyms EU- is a supranational agency established November 1, 1993 as de facto successor of the European Communities created in the year 1957. Currently is composed for 27 member states.

Among its greater achievements they are found the circulation of the euro as single currency in the countries of the EU, although in some territories still a parallel currency of origin is utilized. Another of the achievements has been the European citizenship and the conformación of a common Parliament of the member countries. The last countries in being integrated have been Rumania and Bulgaria in the year 2007.


One of the member countries founders is France. It founded the EU in the year 1957 together as other five countries. France is known everywhere by icons as the Tower Eiffel, the Museum of Louvre, the Revolution French, noticeable writers, artists and thinkers like Víctor Hugo, Cezanne, Pasteur and famous singers as Edith Piaf and Chat Aznavour. Its capital is one of the most beautiful cities and romantics from across europe, and its gastronomy is one of the most exquisite of the planet.

Another of the countries founders is Germany and is among the countries of the EU, the one that presents greater population with a total of 82 million inhabitants and besides the one that possesses greater number of representatives in the European Parliament. Its greater contribution to the world personages have given it as Ludwing go Beethoven, Wolfang Amadeus Mozart, Nicolá Copernico, Albert Einstein, Alexander von Humboldt, Karl Marx, Fiedrich Nietzsche, among many other.



Italy also became member founder that March 25, 1957 and in its territory developed the civilization of greater world influence, the Roman civilization. The most notable aspects of the country in the shape of boot, is without doubt the art and the gastronomy. It was the country of Leonardo gives Vinci, Sandro Boticelli, Miguel Angel, Dante Alighieri and many more famous personages. The Italian territory very is visited for the tourists of the remainder of Europe that escape from the cold from their cities to this hot region of happy people. Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg, that before formed a single territory, they are the other three countries founders. Belgium, with its capital one Brussels, is characterized for its growing economy, being one of the nations with greater income per capita of the EU. Holland is a constitutional monarchy that exercises liberal politics with regard to the drugs, prostitution, cloning and euthanasia, what has become it one of the at the same time, successful and most controversial companies of the world. Luxembourg, or the grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a small country that currently boasts to have the second better level of PBI per cápita of the entire world.



In the year 1973 three countries would be integrated more: the United Kingdom, Denmark and Ireland, fortifying in this manner the European integration. In the following years they would be combined to the integrative cause Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.