European Union

All competition is good.

Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City.

Iceland has not joined the European Union and really has no interest in doing so because of the EU's restrictive fishing regulations. When Iceland went bankrupt in 2008, it saw EU membership as being a bulwark against economic meltdown, but since then, Iceland has recovered and is intentionally letting its EU application flounder.

Ireland made an application to join what was then known as the European Economic Community (EEC). Ireland's application had to be approved, which it was. Ireland joined the EEC on the 1st of January 1973. Since then, the EEC has had a few name changes and is now known as the European Union, or EU.

As of 2015, 19 new countries have joined what is now the European Union, since 1973.

1981: Greece.

1986: Spain and Portugal.

1995: Sweden, Finland and Austria.

2004: Malta, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic.

2007: Bulgaria and Romania.

2013: Croatia.

The Parliament elects its own President for 2.5 year terms

The Euro is heavily based on the German economy and was designed for the benefit of all member countries. Those countries with weaker economies benefited from adopting the euro because there is a flat rate regardless of their local economy while others with stronger economies are actually losing money because of it.

Europe - Mediterranian Sea - South of Sicily (right under it). Find a map with Malta marked that'll surely help.

There are 195 or 196 countries in the world today. (Latest addition is South Sudan.)

There are several other parts of existing countries that have declared their autonomy, but have not been recognized by the UN or a large number of the world's countries. There are 193 members of the United Nations, while Kosovo and Vatican City are not members.

*Taiwan is not considered an official country by many, which would bring the count down to 195 countries. Although Taiwan operates as an independent country, many countries (including the US) do not "officially" recognize it as one. Because the People's Republic of China considers Taiwan a breakaway province of China, countries who wish to maintain diplomatic relations with China have had to sever their formal relations with Taiwan (more than 100 countries, however, have unofficial relations with Taiwan).

See the World Nations link below for source and more info.

There are 10 currencies in the European Union. 19 of the 28 European Union countries use the Euro. The other 9 countries use their own currencies. They are the Bulgarian lev, British pound sterling, Croatian kuna, Czech koruna, Danish krone, Hungarian forint, Polish złoty, Romanian leu and the Swedish krona.

The 23 official languages of the EU are: Slovak, Slovene, English, German, French, Spanish, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Romanian, Portuguese, and Swedish.

1) You must, as a country, eschew freedom;

2) You must, as a country, accept being subservient to the UN;

3) You must, as a subject of a country with no cultural foundation or self-respect, expect and accept the erasure of your heritage.

Countries are interdependent, which means they rely on each other to support their economies. They need other countries to buy their exports to have money to buy resources that are not produced in their country. Also it is so that countries can specialize in producing a good or service and know that the goods that they do not have can be imported from other countries who specialize in that good.

Countries have a lot of expences (health services, military, wages etc) and taxes rarely cover all of these, so they need to borrow to offset the deficit.

Also if a country wants to prosper, they need money to improve life conditions of their inhabitants. When the life conditions improve, the citizen will be able to pay the money back in a virtuous circle.

The two countries that began the movement was Lithuania, and Poland.........

The EU was formed by countries all coming together.

Unemployment and debt mostly

No, Kosovo is not a member of the European Union.

Countries in Europe should join the Eu because it makes a secure government and also the people cam access banks that are within the EU.

Because it wants to be. In 1957 it was one of the six founding members of the European Economic Community, the organisation that eventually became the EU. Belgium has been an active member throughout, with its capital Brussels, being the location of many of the main offices of the EU.

No, Pakistan is not a member of the European Union and probably will never be.

To join the European Union, you must first be a European country or a country that has significant European influence, culture, population, etc.

For example, Cyprus is geographically a part of Asia, but since Cypriot culture is so similar to Europe's and the language is present (High influence from Greece), the EU made an "exception". Another example is Israel, who too is geographically a part of Asia. However, Israel is truly the only westernized country in Asia and is relatively close to Europe, so the EU wishes to seek Israel sometime in the future.

Also, a country must pledge allegiance and loyalty to Europe and its countries and well being. Pakistan most likely will not do this. European culture and Pakistani culture is very contrasting and some may consider them to be against each other.

Countries in Europe should join the EU because it makes a sucure government and also the people can access banks that are wihtin the EU

Any country that is part of the EU gets access to the markets of all the countries in the EU, so they are able to export their goods much more easily. Becoming part of a very large economic power has its benefits as well.

The European Economic Community, or EEC, was founded in 1957 by 6 countries. It now has 27 members and is known as the European Union. So there is no real difference as such. The EU is just the modern name for what was the EEC.