Member States of the European Union

E50275

country group political grouping supranational organization membership

The Member States of the European Union are the sovereign European countries that have joined the EU, sharing common institutions, laws, and policies while participating in its single market and political union.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
European Union member states	21
EU Member States	10
European Union Member States	7
European Union countries	4
European Communities member states	1
European Union member state	1
European Union territory via Malta	1
European states	1
Member States of the European Economic Community	1

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	country group ⓘ political grouping ⓘ supranational organization membership ⓘ
characterizedBy	participation in a political and economic union ⓘ shared sovereignty in certain policy areas ⓘ
follows	Treaty on European Union ⓘ Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
geographicalScope	Europe ⓘ
hasFormerMember	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMember	Czech Republic ⓘ Germany ⓘ surface form: Federal Republic of Germany French Republic ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ surface form: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Greece ⓘ surface form: Hellenic Republic Hungary ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Italian Republic ⓘ Belgium ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Belgium Denmark ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Denmark Kingdom of Spain ⓘ Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ Portugal ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Republic Austria ⓘ surface form: Republic of Austria Bulgaria ⓘ surface form: Republic of Bulgaria Croatia ⓘ surface form: Republic of Croatia Cyprus ⓘ surface form: Republic of Cyprus Estonia ⓘ surface form: Republic of Estonia Finland ⓘ surface form: Republic of Finland Latvia ⓘ surface form: Republic of Latvia Lithuania ⓘ surface form: Republic of Lithuania Malta ⓘ surface form: Republic of Malta Republic of Poland ⓘ Slovenia ⓘ surface form: Republic of Slovenia Romania ⓘ Slovakia ⓘ surface form: Slovak Republic
hasObligation	contribute to EU budget ⓘ transpose EU directives into national law ⓘ
hasRight	access to EU structural and investment funds ⓘ nominate a European Commissioner ⓘ participation in qualified majority voting in the Council ⓘ participation in the European Council ⓘ representation in the Council of the European Union ⓘ representation in the European Parliament ⓘ
legalBasisForMembership	accession treaty ⓘ
partOf	European Union ⓘ
requiresForAccession	Copenhagen criteria ⓘ
sharesInstitution	Council of the European Union ⓘ Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ European Central Bank ⓘ European Commission ⓘ European Council ⓘ European Court of Auditors ⓘ European Parliament ⓘ
sharesLaw	EU law supremacy over national law in EU competences ⓘ
sharesMarket	free movement of capital ⓘ free movement of goods ⓘ free movement of persons ⓘ free movement of services ⓘ
sharesPolicy	Schengen acquis (for most members) ⓘ area of freedom, security and justice ⓘ cohesion policy ⓘ Common Agricultural Policy ⓘ surface form: common agricultural policy common commercial policy ⓘ common fisheries policy ⓘ common foreign and security policy ⓘ competition policy ⓘ customs union ⓘ environmental policy ⓘ single market ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

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Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion → worksWith → Member States of the European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: EU Member States

Directorate-General for International Partnerships → worksWith → Member States of the European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Union Member States

Directorate-General for Trade → worksWith → Member States of the European Union ⓘ