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The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. The Union has a total area of 4,233,255 km² (1,634,469 sq mi) and an estimated total population of over 448 million. The EU has often been described as a sui generis political entity (without precedent or comparison) combining the characteristics of both a federation and a confederation.

Containing 5.8% of the

emerging superpower

.

In 2012, the EU was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The United Kingdom became the only member state to leave the EU, in 2020; ten countries are aspiring or negotiating to join it. (Full article...)

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The European Space Agency (ESA), established in 1975, is an inter-governmental organization dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 20 member states. Its headquarters are in Paris, France. ESA has a staff of about 2,000 with an annual budget of about €4 billion in 2013.

ESA's

Centre Spatial Guyanais (Guyana Space Centre) in Kourou

, French Guiana, a site chosen because it is close to the equator from which commercially important orbits are easier to access. During the 1990s ESA gained the position of market leader in commercial space launches and in recent years ESA has established itself as a major player in space exploration.

ESA science missions are based at

PACI), that trains astronauts for future missions is situated in Cologne

, Germany.

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Europa and the bull as seen in Nova et accurata totius Europæ descriptio by Fredericus de Wit

(1700).

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...that within the Eurozone the European Central Bank has the exclusive authority to set monetary policy?

...that Greenland and United Kingdom are the only countries to ever leave the European Union?

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EUROCONTROL

, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation.

In 977 AD, the

Senne

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The following are images from various European Union-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Population pyramid of the EU 27 in 2023 (from Demographics of the European Union)
Image 2Logo of the European Commission (from Symbols of the European Union)
Image 3The Euro symbol shown as a sculpture outside the European Central Bank (from Symbols of the European Union)
Image 4Aristide Briand (from History of the European Union)
Image 5Logo of the European Council and the Council of the European Union (from Symbols of the European Union)
Image 6A piece from the original manuscript. (from Symbols of the European Union)
Image 7Konrad Adenauer, Walter Hallstein and Antonio Segni, signing the European customs union and Euratom in Rome in 1957 (from History of the European Union)
Image 8Signatories of the 2007 declaration in dark blue. (from Symbols of the European Union)
Image 9Hearing of Josep Borrell, High Representative Vice President (from Politics of the European Union)
Image 10The flag of Europe, emblem of both the Council of Europe and the European Union. (from Symbols of the European Union)
Image 11José Manuel Barroso President of the European Commission (2004-2014) (from History of the European Union)
Image 12A cartogram depicting the population distribution between old EU-27 member states in 2008 (including the UK and excluding Croatia). 57.8% of all citizens of the EU live in the four largest member states: Germany, France, Italy, and Spain. (from Demographics of the European Union)
Image 13Organigram of the political system. The seven organs of the Union are in blue, national / intergovernmental elements in orange. (from Politics of the European Union)
Image 14The European Coal and Steel Community's flag. (from Symbols of the European Union)
Image 15Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in the European Union in 2019 (from Demographics of the European Union)
Image 16The population density of the EU is 106 people per km². N.B. the light in the North Sea, as well as much of Norway, is from Routine flaring not human habitation. (from Demographics of the European Union)
Image 17Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission
(since 1 December 2019) (from History of the European Union)
Image 181922
European flag of the Paneuropean Union (from History of the European Union
)

Image 19Logo of the European Parliament (from Symbols of the European Union)
Image 20
Atlantic Conference), consistent advocate of continential European integration, later along with his sun-in-law Duncan Sandys (from History of the European Union
)

Image 21The
ordinary legislative procedure of the European Union (from Politics of the European Union
)

Image 22The fertility rate in the EU was 1.46 in 2022 (Kindergarten in France). (from Demographics of the European Union)
Image 23Coins and banknotes of the Euro, the single-currency introduced from 1999 (from History of the European Union)
Image 24The Schuman Parade in Warsaw has been organised by the Schuman Foundation since 1999 (2008 photograph). (from Symbols of the European Union)
Image 25Logo of the Court of Justice of the European Union (from Symbols of the European Union)
Image 26After two devastating world wars, the political climate favoured an international unity that could preserve peace in Europe effectively (Hamburg, after a massive Allied bombing in 1943 in the picture). (from History of the European Union)
Image 27Logo of the European Court of Auditors (from Symbols of the European Union)
Image 28Meeting in the Hall of Knights in The Hague, during the Congress of Europe (9 May 1948) (from History of the European Union)
Image 29Newest state in yellow (from History of the European Union)
Image 30Elaboration by sex (from Demographics of the European Union)
Image 31Logo of the European Central Bank (from Symbols of the European Union)
Image 32Political groups of the European Parliament in the
GUE/NGL)
  European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)
  Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD)
  Non-Inscrits (NI)
(from Politics of the European Union
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