European Union

There could be many answers to that. Here are just two: It is a trading bloc. It is a supranational organisation.

Membership in the European Union has benefitted the German economy would most likely be the influx of a new source of workers. Germany has suffered from a stagnating rate of natural growth for the population and the surge of Eastern European laborers has undoubtedly helped German economy

1. Some 'micro' countries, like Liechtenstein, think they are better off as tax havens.

2. Some, like Norway, see some kind of threat from membership.

3. Some countries in Eastern Europe and the Balkans (such as Ukraine, Albania, Moldova) are too out of step economically.

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It is much easier to name which countries are members: Ireland, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain, France, Malta, Italy, Slovenia, Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland.

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Pesetas are no longer a legal currency and have been replaced by the Euro. If you want to exchange Spanish pesetas or any other former European Currency (e.g. German mark, Dutch guilders) to British pounds, you can use the chargeable postal service in the related link.

Yes. It joined on the 1st of May 2004.
Yes, since 2004
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The UK, Ireland, Romania, Bulgaria and Cyprus are the only EU countries which aren't fully a part of Schengen Area. Other countries include: Andorra, Leitchenstein (but will probably join later this year), Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. San Marino, Monaco and Vatican City are also not members of Schengen but there are no monitored borders between these countries and Italy/France.

The European Union is an organisation, not a state or country. The Euro was launched in 1999, coming into circulation in 2002. Only 12 of the 15 countries that were members then, began to use it. The EU has now got 28 members, 17 of which use the euro. The others use their own currencies.

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Albania is not a member of the organisation known as the European Union. It is a European country, being part of the continent of Europe.

17 of the 27 members of the European Union use the Euro as their currency.

17 of the 27 members of the European Union use the Euro as their currency.

17 of the 27 members of the European Union use the Euro as their currency.

17 of the 27 members of the European Union use the Euro as their currency.

17 of the 27 members of the European Union use the Euro as their currency.

17 of the 27 members of the European Union use the Euro as their currency.

17 of the 27 members of the European Union use the Euro as their currency.

17 of the 27 members of the European Union use the Euro as their currency.

17 of the 27 members of the European Union use the Euro as their currency.

17 of the 27 members of the European Union use the Euro as their currency.

17 of the 27 members of the European Union use the Euro as their currency.

Yes, since January 1st, in 1973.
The UK joined what was then known as the European Economic Community, but now the European Union, on the 1st of January, 1973.
Yes. The European Union consists of all the countries from Europe.

*Austria *Belgium *Cyprus *Czech Republic *Denmark *Estonia *Finland *France *Germany *Greece *Hungary *Ireland (Republic of) *Italy *Latvia *Lithunia *Luxembourg *Malta *Netherlands *Poland *Portugal *Romania *Slovakia *Slovenia *Spain *Sweden *United Kingdom (Britain) In all, 27 countries (2007)

First of all that country must be in Europe , then it must apply to be a member of the E.U. and fulfill all the things in the constitution , and must be fit in all ways to be a member of the E.U.Then that country will be voted in or out.

Iceland is not a member of the European Union. If you meant Ireland, then Ireland joined what was then called the European Economic Community in 1973.

It depends on the time of year. For example, anything about the arctic circle experiences about 6 weeks of nonstop sunlight and 6 weeks of nonstop darkness for some time of the year. This would include countries like Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark (Greenland), and Iceland.

Yes. Greece joined what was then called the European Economic Community, now known as the European Union, in 1981.

Luxembourg and Belgium are both in the Benelux countries. In some places in both, they speak French too. also, they are both in the E.U or the European Union.

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The negatives of beng in the European Union is that before the head of country can make any decisions to do with the wellfare or basically anything to do with the country the idea would have to be put in front of the European Union and they would decide weather to let you go forward or not.

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In fact, the vast majority of political decisions are made at national level. The notion that "basically anything to do with the country the idea [has] to be put in front of the European Union" is inaccurate. Obviously, national governments also usually take care that new national laws do not violate EU law.

The following countries are surrounded by the European Union but are not part of the EU:

Switzerland + Liechtenstein, Andorra, San Marino and the Vatican City.

Monaco borders on France (an EU member), but has a coastline so it is not completely surrounded.

The Russian province of Kaliningrad also borders only on EU countries, but also has a coastline as well.

Portugal is absolutely in the Western Hemisphere because it is west of the Greenwich Meridian Line. However, in the political usuage of the word it is considered part of the Eastern (Europe, Africa, Asia & Oceania). In reality though, Portugal (like Ireland, Iceland and West Africa) is in the Western Hemisphere of the Globe.

economy, easy migration b/w countries, and a single common currency...