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The European Union

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The European Union

The European Union (EU) is a group made up of countries in Europe.

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The EU

  • Some countries in the continent in Europe are part of a ‘club’ of countries called the European Union.
  • However, just because a country is in the continent of Europe, this does not automatically make it part of the EU.
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Membership

  • There are about 50 countries in Europe but in 2018, the EU had 28 member countries.
    • Iceland is not in the EU, for example.
  • Britain voted to leave the EU in June 2016.
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Euros

  • 20 of the 28 member countries of the EU share the same currency.
    • We say that these countries are part of the Eurozone.

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