What is the EU

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The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 28 countries:

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

This is not the same as the European Economic Area (EEA) which includes EU countries and also Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. It allows them to be part of the EU’s single market.

Switzerland is neither an EU nor EEA member but is part of the single market – this means Swiss nationals have the same rights to live and work in the UK as other EEA nationals.

Source: www.gov.uk

Article 13 of the Treaty of the European Union establishes the following institutions to govern the union:

  • The European Parliament
  • The European Council
  • The Council
  • The European Commission (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Commission’)
  • The Court of Justice of the European Union
  • The European Central Bank
  • The Court of Auditors

Source: http://eur-lex.europa.eu

 

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