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Since the beginning of the institutionalised modern European integration in 1948, the development of the European Union has been based on a supranational foundation that would "make war unthinkable and materially impossible" [1] [2] and reinforce democracy amongst its members [3] as laid out by Robert Schuman and other leaders in the Schuman ...
The 1973 enlargement of the European Communities was the first enlargement of the European Communities (EC), now the European Union (EU). Denmark , Ireland and the United Kingdom (UK) acceded to the EC on 1 January 1973.
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. [9] [10] [11] The union has a total area of 4,233,255 km 2 (1,634,469 sq mi) and an estimated total population of over 449 million.
On 23 June 2016 the United Kingdom held its second referendum on membership of what had now become the European Union. This took place forty-one years after the first referendum, which had resulted in an overwhelming vote to remain within the bloc.
The territories of the member states of the European Union (European Communities pre-1993), animated in order of accession. Territories outside Europe and its immediate surroundings are not shown. The European Union (EU) has expanded a number of times throughout its history by way of the accession of new member states to the Union.
2016 – UK holds a Membership Referendum and votes to leave the European Union 2017 – Negotiations between UK and the EU officially started in June 2017 2017 – Start of Brexit : On 29 March 2017, the Government of the United Kingdom invoked Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union .
The members of the European Parliament have been elected by universal suffrage since 1979 (before that, they were seconded from national parliaments). [32] [33] The national governments appoint one member each to the European Commission, the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Auditors. Prospective Commissioners must be ...
On the other hand, membership of the Communities, now the European Union (EU), had reached 28. With the approval of Brexit , which saw the United Kingdom leave the EU on 31 January 2020 after a June 2016 referendum and political negotiations, the EU currently has 27 members.