Concept information
Preferred term
European Union
Type
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CBS concept
Definition
- <h3> What is the European Union</h3> The European Union is a cooperation of European states, established under this name in 1993 by the Treaty of Maastricht. It began in the 1950's with an economic cooperation and evolved towards a political and social union.
Broader concept
- Geografie (nl)
Scope note
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The European Union consists of the following 27 countries (the year in which they joined is shown between brackets):
- Austria (1995)
- Belgium (1958)
- Bulgaria (2007)
- Croatia(2013)
- Cyprus (2004)
- Czech Republic (2004)
- Denmark (1973)
- Estonia (2004)
- Finland (1995)
- France(1958)
- Germany (1958)
- Greece (1981)
- Hungary (2004)
- Ireland (1973)
- Italy (1958)
- Latvia (2004)
- Lithuania (2004)
- Luxembourg (1958)
- Malta (2004)
- Netherlands (1958)
- Poland (2004)
- Portugal (1986)
- Romania (2007)
- Slovakia (2004)
- Slovenia (2004)
- Spain (1986)
- Sweden (1995)
- UK (1973, left 2020)
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More information about the European Union?
A list of countries in the present European Union European countries not part of the European Union Economic indicators of the European Union
Identifier
- 63469ccc-df86-4119-abe2-de3c53ae27ff-nl-nl
Version
- 1
In other languages
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Dutch
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EU
URI
https://vocabs.cbs.nl/def/begrippen/757
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