Political centres

Brussels, Luxembourg, Strasbourg

Official languages

Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish

Demonym

European

Member States

 Germany

 Netherlands                         

Leaders

European Council

Herman Van Rompuy

Commission

José Manuel Barroso

Parliament

Jerzy Buzek

Council of Ministers

Belgium

Establishment

Paris Treaty

23 July 1952 

Rome Treaty

1 January 1958 

Maastricht Treaty

1 November 1993 

Lisbon Treaty

1 December 2009 

Date

History

No.

25th March  1957

Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy, Luxsembourg, Netherlands

6

1st January 1973

Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom

9

1st January 1981

Greece

10

1st January 1985

Greenland exits Denmark

10

1st January 1986

Portugal, Spain

12

3rd October 1990

German Democratic Republic

12

1st January 1995

Austria, Finland,  Sweden

15

1st May 2004

Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungyary, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia

25

1st January 2007

Bulgaria, Romania

27

Currency

State

¤

ISO

Euro
Eurozone

 Austria

€

EUR

Bulgarian lev

 Bulgaria

??

BGN

Czech koruna

 Czech Republic

Kč

CZK

Danish krone

 Denmark

kr

DKK

Estonian kroon

 Estonia

kr

EEK

Hungarian forint

 Hungary

Ft

HUF

Latvian lats

 Latvia

Ls

LVL

Lithuanian litas

 Lithuania

Lt

LTL

Polish złoty

 Poland

zł

PLN

Pound sterling
Gibraltar pound

 United Kingdom
 Gibraltar

£

GBP
GIP

Romanian leu

 Romania

Leu

RON

Swedish krona

 Sweden

kr

SEK

Swiss franc

 Campione d'Italia (Italy)[2]

Fr.

CHF

Turkish lira

 Cyprus

TL / £

TRY

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