What is the European Union?
In 1993, a organization known as the European Community was recharted and reorganized to form the European Union. The Euopean Union has twenty-five member countries - Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.The European Union has a flag, which is a circle of twelve gold stars on a blue background (twelve being a number that represents perfection and completeness.) The EU also has a currency, called the euro, which is used in many of the EU member countries.
1951 six countries (Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) founded the original predecessor of the European Union, the European Coal and Steel Community.
