Preferred term
European Union
Type
Type of entity- CBS concept
Definition
A complete explanation of the intended meaning of a concept- <h3> What is the European Union</h3> The European Union is a cooperation of European states, established under this name in 1993 by the Treaty of Maastricht. It began in the 1950's with an economic cooperation and evolved towards a political and social union.
Broader concept
Broader conceptScope note
Notes about the usage and scope of the concept.The European Union consists of the following 27 countries (the year in which they joined is shown between brackets):
- Austria (1995)
- Belgium (1958)
- Bulgaria (2007)
- Croatia(2013)
- Cyprus (2004)
- Czech Republic (2004)
- Denmark (1973)
- Estonia (2004)
- Finland (1995)
- France(1958)
- Germany (1958)
- Greece (1981)
- Hungary (2004)
- Ireland (1973)
- Italy (1958)
- Latvia (2004)
- Lithuania (2004)
- Luxembourg (1958)
- Malta (2004)
- Netherlands (1958)
- Poland (2004)
- Portugal (1986)
- Romania (2007)
- Slovakia (2004)
- Slovenia (2004)
- Spain (1986)
- Sweden (1995)
- UK (1973, left 2020)
More information about the European Union?
A list of countries in the present European UnionEuropean countries not part of the European UnionEconomic indicators of the European Union
Source
Source for the description of the concept.Identifier
- 63469ccc-df86-4119-abe2-de3c53ae27ff-nl-nl
Version
- 1
In other languages
Terms for the concept in other languages.Dutch
URI
https://vocabs.cbs.nl/def/begrippen/757