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European Union

Европейски съюз (Bulgarian)
Evropská unie  (Czech)
Den Europæiske Union  (Danish)
Europese Unie  (Dutch)
Euroopa Liit  (Estonian)
Euroopan unioni  (Finnish)
Union européenne  (French)
Europäische Union  (German)
Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση (Greek)
Európai Unió  (Hungarian)
An tAontas Eorpach  (Irish)
Unione europea  (Italian)
Eiropas Savienība  (Latvian)
Europos Sąjunga  (Lithuanian)
Unjoni Ewropea  (Maltese)
Unia Europejska  (Polish)
União Europeia  (Portuguese)
Uniunea Europeană  (Romanian)
Európska únia  (Slovak)
Evropska unija  (Slovene)
Unión Europea  (Spanish)
Europeiska unionen  (Swedish)

Flag

Motto: "United in diversity" ^[1]^[2]^[3]

Anthem:

Ode to Joy ^[2] (orchestral)

An orthographic projection of the world, highlighting the European Union and its Member States (green).

Political centres

Largest city London

Official languages

23 languages

- Bulgarian
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- English
- Estonian
- Finnish
- French
- German
- Greek
- Hungarian
- Irish
- Italian
- Latvian
- Lithuanian
- Maltese
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Romanian
- Slovak
- Slovene
- Spanish
- Swedish

Demonym European^[6]

Member states

27 states

Leaders

- President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy (EPP)

- President of the Commission José Manuel Barroso (EPP)

Legislature Legislature of the European Union

- Upper house Council of the European Union

- Lower house European Parliament

Establishment

- Treaty of Paris 23 July 1952

- Treaty of Rome 1 January 1958

- Treaty of Maastricht 1 November 1993

Area

- Total 4,324,782 km² (7th^a)
1,669,807 sq mi

- Water (%) 3.08

Population

- 2012 estimate 503,492,041^[7] (3rd^a)

- Density 116.2/km²
300.9/sq mi

GDP (PPP) 2011 estimate

- Total $15.821 trillion^[8] (1st^a)

- Per capita $31,607^[8] (15th^a)

GDP (nominal) 2011 estimate

- Total $17.577 trillion^[8] (1st^a)

- Per capita $35,116^[9] (14th^a)

Gini (2010) 30.4^[10]
medium

HDI (2011) 0.876^[11]
very high · 13th / 25th^a

Currency

Euro and others

Eurozone (17 countries)
	Euro	€	`EUR`
Other currencies
	Lev	лв	`BGN`
	Koruna	Kč	`CZK`
	Krone	kr	`DKK`
	Forint	Ft	`HUF`
	Lats	Ls	`LVL`
	Litas	Lt	`LTL`
	Złoty	zł	`PLN`
	Leu		`RON`
	Krona	kr	`SEK`
	Pound	£	`GBP`
	Pound	£	`GIP`

Time zone (UTC+0 to +2)

- Summer (DST) (UTC+1 to +3^[a])