Towards Unity ..

Member State of the European Union is any one of the 27 sovereign states that have acceded to the European Union (EU) since its inception in 1951 as the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), an attempt to unite Europe. From an original membership of six states, there have been six successive enlargements, the largest occurring on 1 May 2004, when ten states joined. The EU is currently composed of twenty republics, six kingdoms, and one grand duchy.

Bulgaria and Romania are the most recent Member States, joining on 1 January 2007

27 EU
Austria

Brussels
Belgium
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
Finland


Eze in France
France


Berlin Germany

Alexanderplaats



Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Amsterdam

Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovak Republic
Slovenia

Cardona...old church
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom

Before being allowed to join the European Union, a state must fulfil the economic and political conditions generally known as the Copenhagen criteria. These basically require that a candidate Member State must enjoy a secular, democratic system of government, together with the corresponding freedoms and institutions, and respect the rule of law.


Four Western European countries that have chosen not to join the EU have partly committed to the EU's economy and regulations: Iceland, which has now applied for membership, Liechtenstein and Norway, which are a part of the single market through the European Economic Area, and Switzerland, which has similar ties through bilateral treaties. The relationships of the European microstates, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican include the use of the euro and other areas of co-operation.

Rabindranatha Tagore preached and dreamed of a country without walls, Indians failed to here it, and Europe is doing it....