
Robert Schuman proposing the Coal and Steel Community on. The union maintains permanent diplomatic missions throughout the world and represents itself at the United Nations, the WTO, the G8, and the G-20. Through the Common Foreign and Security Policy, the EU has developed a role in external relations and defence. It is currently composed of 19 member states that use the euro as their legal tender.
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The monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002.

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EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital, enact legislation in justice and home affairs, and maintain common policies on trade, agriculture, fisheries, and regional development. Within the Schengen Area, passport controls have been abolished. The EU has developed a single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states. The latest major amendment to the constitutional basis of the EU, the Treaty of Lisbon, came into force in 2009. The Maastricht Treaty established the European Union under its current name in 1993 and introduced European citizenship. In the intervening years, the 1.1 community and its successors have grown in size by the accession of new member states and in power by the addition of policy areas to its remit. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the European Economic Community (EEC), formed by the Inner Six countries in 19, respectively. The European Parliament is elected every History of Europe five years by EU citizens. The institutions are: the European Commission, the Council of 1 History the European Union, the European Council, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Central Bank, the European Court of Auditors, and the European Main articles: History of the European Union and Parliament.


The EU operates through a system of supranational institutions and intergovernmentalnegotiated decisions by the member states. union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe. Additionally, 26 out of 28 EU countries have a very high Human Development Index, according to the In 2012, the EU was awarded the Nobel Peace The European Union (EU) is a politico-economic UNDP. For other uses, see EU (disam- erating a GDP bigger than any other economic union or biguation).
