THE EUROPEAN UNION
27 MEMBER COUNTRIES
EUROPE DAY
23 OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
510 MILLION PEOPLE
4 MILLION Km2
FLAG
12 GOLD STARS IN A CIRCLE ON A BLUE BACKGROUND
VALUES
EQUALITY
DEMOCRACY
FREEDOM
RESPECT
THE MONEY IS EURO
IN 17 COUNTRIES
9 MAY
EUROPE ANTHEM
"ODE TO JOY"
BY BEETHOVEN
3 MAIN INSTITUTIONS
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
HISTORY
IN 1986
IN 1989
IN 1992
IN 1991
IN 1995
IN 1973
2002
IN 1957
2004
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
SIX FOUNDING MEMBERS
THE UNITED KINGDOM , IRELAND AND DENMARK JOINED
GREECE JOINED
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL JOINED
THE BERLIN WALL FALL
"TREATY OF MAASTRICHT"
EEC OFICIALLY REPLACED EU
EU GOT BIGGER WHEN FINLAND, SWEDEN AND AUSTRIA JOINED
EUR NOTES AND COINS CAME INTO USE IN 12 COUNTRIES
SOME STATES JOINED
2007
FOLLOWED BY BULGARIA AND ROMANIA
THE MOTTO IS
"UNITED IN DIVESITY"
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