EU

European Union
 About EU
 It was officially established by the
Treaty of Maastricht in 1993.
 The member states are Austria,
Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Malta, the Netherlands, Poland,
Portugal, Republic of Ireland,
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
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 The candidate countries are Croatia,
Iceland, Macedonia, and Turkey.
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Montenegro and Serbia.
 The de facto capital is Brussels,
Belgium.
Six count ries are t he founding
st at es: West Germ any, It aly,
France, Belgium , Luxem bourg,
Net herlands.
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 The anthem of the EU is “Ode to Joy” by
Beethoven.
 The official motto is In varietate
concordia, which means “united in
diversity.”
 Theeducation programme of EU is
ERASMUS and it also contains the
Bologna procedure.
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 Turkey applied 1987 for membership.
 It was recognized as a candidate state
in 1999.
  The popularity of the country increases.
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 The economy of the country gets better.
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 The country gets stronger.
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