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The European Union is an economical and political partnership between

27 European countries that together cover a great part of the European

continent.

This European project started after the World War II. Its main objective

is the reinforcement of cooperation between the countries that are part of the

European Union, helping each other in situations of necessity and avoiding

mutual conflicts.

Since then, the EU has become a unique major market with a single coin,

the euro.

Thanks to the elimination of frontier controls between the EU countries,

now people can circulate freely all around the European continent. It is also

simpler to live and to work in another country of the EU.

Country members and year of joining

Austria (1995) J Belgium (1952) M Bulgaria (2007) J Cyprus (2004) J Czech Republic (2004) J Denmark (1973) J Estonia(2004) J Finland(1995) M France (1952) M Germany (1952) M Greece (1981) M Hungary (2004) M

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Irland (1973) M Italy (1952) M

Latvia (2004) J Lithuania (2004) J Luxembourg (1952) J Malta (2004) J The Netherlands (1952) M Poland (2004) J Portugal (1986) M Romania (2007) J Slovakia (2004) M Slovenia (2004) M Spain (1986) M Sweden (1995) M United Kingdom (1973) M

Official languages

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Bulgarian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Finnish French German Greek Hungarian Irish

Italian Latvian

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Lithuanian Maltese Polish Portuguese Romanian Slovak Slovene Spanish Swedish

European symbols:

The EU is identified by some symbols, and the most well-known is its flagwith a circle of yellow starts on a blue background.

The European flag: the twelve stars in a circle represent the ideals ofunity, solidarity and harmony between the Europeans nations.

The European anthem: the melody that its used as the Europeananthem is from the Ninth Symphony of Ludwig Van Beethoven, composed in1823. It is called Ode to Joy.

The Europe Day: the EU is based upon some ideas that were firstly formulatedin 9th May 1950 by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs Robert Schuman. Thisis why that this is the date that annually it is celebrated the Europe Day as afundamental date for the EU.

The EU motto: United in Diversity this motto is a reference to the way thatthe European decided to be united and form the EU so as to work together forthe peace and prosperity, though maintaining the diversity of cultures,traditions and languages of the entire continent.

Site para jogos interactivos --http://europa.eu/kids-corner/index_en.htm

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