People do not join the European Union. Countries do. It is an organisation of countries, not of people. As a result of countries joining, people are living in countries that are in the European Union and can be called its citizens.
At the beginning, when it was the European Common Market.
A country may not want to join the European Union because they seek neutrality, are doing fine on their own, or are displeased with the European Union (opposed of the idea or members or just displeased with the outcome [most important example is economic meltdown of the European Union]). EU has many laws that has to be adopted by the member countries. Member countries also may have to help other member countries in financial crisis. However, despite these reasons, almost all countries in Europe wish to join the European Union, either soon or in the near future.
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The USA is a country. The European Union is an organisation. It has 27 member countries, which are all independent countries. So there are many differences between the USA and the European Union.
Europe is a continent with over 50 countries. The European Union is an organisation. As of 2013, 28 of the countries in Europe are members of the European Union. Many countries in Europe are not members.
510,000,000
There are currently no plans for Russia to join the European Union. It would have to make changes to many aspects of its society and economy in order to join, but it is not interested in joining.
It is independent and like many countries in Europe, it does not want to join the European Union. It does have strong relations with the European Union and has many agreements with them around things like trade.
The population of the European Union is roughly half a billion.
Countries are members of the European Union, not people or trade unions. As Malta is one country that is a member of the European Union, then the amount of members of the European Union from Malta is one.
Turkeyâ??s progress to join European Union has been quite slow, since there is opposition from some EU countries over Turkeyâ??s membership. It is now over half a decade of Turkeyâ??s struggle to join the union.
The total population of the 28 countries of the European Union in 2015, is about 508 million and rising.
because they know the membership will help them economically and politically.
At the beginning, when it was the European Common Market.
The EU institutions have different regulations and policies for picking members. For instance, the European Parliaments' members are chosen democratically by the European citizens. The European Council on the other hand consists of the EU countries leaders so as to speak.
It is a general expression that basically means that many decisions of the European Union are not made by people democratically elected. Indeed, many important actors of the European Union are appointed by member countries, not democratic elections.
There are no cities in the European Union. It is an organisation, not a place.