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It consists of 27 democratic countries which are located primarily in Europe. Economic and political union. It comes into existence to abate fighting between adjacent European countries. Formed by six countries in the 1950s. In the following years the EU has grown in size (accession of new member states), and in power (by the addition of policy areas). The population is nearly half a billion.
The 6 charter member states: Belgium, France, Netherlands, Italy, Luxembourg, Germany. The EUs member states cover an area of 4.442.773 square kilometres. It has the worlds second-longest coastline, which is 65.993 kilometres long. It has 7 institutions: The European Parliament, the Council of the EU, the European Commission, the European Council, the European Central Bank, the Court of Justice of the EU, the European Court of Auditors.