Amazon Quiz (August 22, 2022): Which place serves as the capital of this political union?
Options:
Paris
Brussels
London
Rome
Answer: Brussels
The European Union (EU), which consists of 27 member states mostly in Europe, is a political and economic union. With a total size of 4,233,255.3 km2 (1,634,469.0 sq mi) and an estimated 447 million people, the union is the world’s fifth-largest country. A uniform set of regulations that apply to all member states in those instances—and only those instances—where the states have decided to behave as one has created an internal single market. Common policies on trade, agriculture, fisheries, and regional development are maintained under EU policies, which also seek to safeguard the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital inside the internal market. Travel within the Schengen Area no longer requires a passport.
The European Union now includes 27 members, up from the six founding nations (Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands) through a series of enlargements. By becoming a party to the founding treaties, nations might join the union and bind themselves to the rights and responsibilities of membership. This involves a “pooling of sovereignty,” or a partial concession of power to the institutions in exchange for representation within those organisations.
A nation must fulfil the Copenhagen criteria, which were established during the European Council conference in Copenhagen in 1993, in order to join. These call for a functioning market economy, a stable democracy that upholds human rights and the rule of law, and acceptance of membership responsibilities, such as EU law.
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