Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Candidate countries
Founders
Winston Churchill
Reuders
Candidates
Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
The treaties basis for democratic cooperation
built on law
1952 1958
The European Steel and Coal Community The treaties of Rome:
The European Economic Community
The European Atomic Energy Community
(EURATOM)
1987
The European Single Act:
the Single Market
1993
2003 1999 Treaty of European Union
Treaty of Nice Treaty of Amsterdam Maastricht
The Lisbon treaty - taking Europe into
the 21st century
1339
500
307
128 142
16 889
9327 9159
4234
365
38 700
27 800
25 100
12 508
9819 12 200
4 400
3 329
1 326
468
EU China Japan Russia United States EU China Japan Russia United States
Size of economy: 2008 gross domestic product Wealth per person: 2008 gross domestic product
in billion of euros per person
France 544
Spain 506
Sweden 410
Germany 357
Poland 313
Finland 305
Italy 295
United Kingdom 244
Romania 230
Greece 131
Bulgaria 111
Hungary 93
Portugal 92
Austria 83
Surface area in 1 000 km
Czech Republic 77
Ireland 68
Lithuania 63
Latvia 62
How big are the EU countries?
Slovakia 49
Estonia 43
Denmark 43
Netherlands 34
Belgium 30
Slovenia 20
Cyprus 9
Luxemburg 3
Malta 0.3
Germany 82.1
France 64.4
United Kingdom 61.6
Italy 60.1
Spain 45.8
Poland 38.1
Romania 21.5
Netherlands 16.5
Greece 11.3
Belgium 10.8
Portugal 10.6
Austria 8.4
Bulgaria 7.6
Population in millions, 2009
Denmark 5.5
Slovakia 5.4
Finland 5.3
Ireland 4.5
Lithuania 3.3
How many people live in the EU?
Latvia 2.3
Slovenia 2.0
Estonia 1.3
Cyprus 0.8
Luxemburg 0.5
Malta 0.4
Luxembourg
271
Ireland
137
Netherlands
Austria
Sweden
Germany
France
115 114 107
Spain
103
Italy
101 100
EU-27
Cyprus
95 94
Greece
91
Slovenia
2008 GDP per inhabitant
80
Czech Republic
Malta
Portugal
76 76
Slovakia
GDP per inhabitant: the spread of wealth
Estonia
Hungary
72 68 63
Lithuania
61 58
Poland
56
Latvia
Romania
Bulgaria
46 40
How does the EU spend its money?
Citizens, freedom,
security and justice
2%
The EU as a global player:
including development aid Other, administration
6% 6%
Fuel used in EU in 2008, as share Share of fuel imported from outside the EU in 2008
of total
100%
84%
Gas
Oil 25%
36%
60%
54%
45%
Nuclear
Coal 13%
18%
Renewables
0%
8%
Coal Oil Gas Nuclear Renewables All types
(uranium) of fuel
Jobs and growth
Challenges:
Solutions:
3.4%
3.0%
2.6%
1.8%
1.3%
Regional fund
Social fund
Cohesion fund
Average annual inflation in the 15 EU-countries that used the euro in 2008
The single market: freedom of choice
goods
Getty Images
services
people
capital
Free to move
Schengen:
You
can buy and bring back any goods for personal use
when you travel between EU countries
Corbis
Going abroad to learn
Coordinatedasylum and
immigration policies
EU
EU
17%
28.5%
Others
Others 40.6%
53.2% United States
14.5%
53
44
Council of Ministers
European Parliament European Commission
(Council of the EU)
Romania 14
Netherlands 13
Malta 3
Total: 345
From 2014: 55% of the Member States with 65% of the population
Summit at the European Council
Catherine Ashton
27 independent members,
one from each EU country
27 independent judges,
one from each EU country
27 independent members
Jean-Claude Trichet
President of the Central Bank
The European Economic and Social Committee:
voice of civil society
344 members
344 members