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The European Union (EU) uses a number of symbols, including the Flag of Europe, Anthem of Europe, Motto of the European Union and Europe Day. These symbols have no official status based in the EU treaties , but they are in de facto use by the EU institutions and are in widespread use as expressions of the political ideologies of Pan-Europeanism ...
Some member states of the EU required Bulgarians and Romanians to acquire a permit to work, whilst members of all other old member states did not require one. In the Treaty of Accession 2005, there was a clause about a transition period so each old EU member state could impose such 2+3+2 transitional periods. Restrictions were planned to remain ...
1 January – Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union. [1] 1 January – Slovenia adopts the Euro as its official currency, replacing the tolar. [2] 1 January – Irish becomes the 23rd official language of the EU. [3] 1 January – Germany takes over the EU Presidency. [4]
The flag of Europe or European flag [note 1] consists of twelve golden stars forming a circle on a blue field. It is the official flag of the European Union.It was designed and adopted in 1955 by the Council of Europe (CoE) as a symbol for the whole of Europe.
Ampliación de la Unión Europea de 2007; Usage on et.wikipedia.org Euroopa Liidu 2007. aasta laienemine; Usage on eu.wikipedia.org Lankide:Noramf13/Proba orria; Usage on fr.wikipedia.org Histoire de l'Union européenne; États membres de l'Union européenne; Traité de Luxembourg (2005) Modèle:Évolutions territoriales de l'Union européenne
A "Flag of Europe" was introduced by the Council of Europe in 1955, originally intended as a "symbol for the whole of Europe", [26] but due to its adoption by the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1985, and hence by the European Union (EU) as the successor organisation of the EEC, the flag is now strongly associated with the European Union ...
EU11 is used to refer to the Central, Southeastern Europe and Baltic European member states that joined in 2004, 2007 and 2013: in 2004 the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Slovak Republic, and Slovenia; in 2007 Bulgaria, Romania; and in 2013 Croatia.
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.