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Revision as of 10:39, 6 June 2020
(EU).
An economic and political union currently consisting of 27 European member states.
The current members are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.
Areas of work
The three areas which form the union are:
- The European Community
- Common Foreign and Security Policy
- Police and Judicial co-operation in Criminal Matters
EU law
The legislature of the EU includes the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission.
The EU's judicial bodies include the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and the European Court of Justice (ECJ) which includes the General Court and the Court of Auditors.
Brexit
The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020.
However, the UK continues to be subject to EU rules and remain a member of the single market and customs union during the period ending 31 December 2020.
See also
- Article 50
- Brexit
- Brexit transition period
- Brussels
- BUL
- CEBR
- Court of Justice of the European Union
- Customs union
- Direct effect
- Directive
- Economic and Financial Affairs Council
- EMIR
- EU 27
- euro zone
- European Commission
- European Community
- European Court of Justice
- European Council
- European Economic and Monetary Union
- European Economic Area
- European Investment Bank
- European Parliament
- Member state
- NATO
- Official Journal of the European Union
- Payment Services Directive
- Regulation
- Schengen Area
- Single market
