There are 27 EU countries.
The fact that Germany is a part of EU means that it has no barriers inside the eurozone. However, there is a Common External Tariff that is applied for all EU countries towards outside countries (notably agricultural tariffs)
There are no Asian countries in the EU.
Three countries joined the EU in 1995: Austria, Finland, and Sweden.
Since the end of the Cold War, a large number of countries - mostly formerly communist countries - have applied to be members of the EU. This process of admitting new members is what is meant by the term "enlargement". It is controversial for a number of reasons. Different countries have internal debates over whether they should be members of the EU. And EU member states worry that the Union might be getting too big and clunky to operate effectively.
Actually, it was in 2004. The following countries joined the EU.CyprusCzech RepublicHungaryEstoniaLatviaLithuaniaMaltaPolandSloveniaSlovakia
Macedonia is not a member of the EU, but has applied to join.
the following points are advantages for living in the EU * the countries in the EU work together. * there are no wars between the EU countries. * all EU countries aggred to a set of rules for shops.
the membership in the EU is increasing as the numbers of countries within the EU have gone from 1 to 27
Holland, i.e. the Netherlands, was one of the founding members of the EU. It's probably Israel in answer to the question. The competition is a European one, not just EU, so there are many countries in Europe outside the EU that compete, like Belarus, Serbia and Switzerland. The three countries that compete that are not in Europe are Israel, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The two that compete that are only partly in Europe are Turkey and Russia.
As Bulgaria is a member of EU, Bulgarians freely move and pass though EU countries
The money is paid by the taxpayers of other EU countries.