EuropeanUnionFlag:1986.5.9Headquarter：Brussels

（布魯塞爾）Formallyestablished：1November1993Anthem:

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Unitedindiversity（求同存異）Currency：EuroMainlanguage:English28

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28Memberstates3AustriaBelgiumBulgariaCroatiaCyprusCzechRepublicDenmarkEstoniaFinland

FranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIreland

ItalyLatviaLithuaniaLuxembourgMaltaNetherlandsPolandPortugal

RomaniaSlovakiaSloveniaSpainSwedenUnitedKingdomEurobanknotesisdividedinto5,10,20,50,100,200,500euros7denominations,sizesandcolorsvary.WHY？？WordWarIIreducedthelaregepopulationinEurope.Lakeofhumancapitalandphysicalcaptial,theeconomyofEuropesharplydeclined.Atthattime,U.S.A&SovietUnionisstrongerthanEurope,bothineconomyandinthemilitary.Tobridgeallornearlyofthegapofcomprehensivenationalstrength,TheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity(ECSC)isestablished.theEuropeDay

RobertSchuman(1886－1963)TheideasbehindtheEuropeanUnionwerefirstputforwardon9May1950byFrenchforeignministerRobertSchuman.Thisiswhy9MayiscelebratedasakeydatefortheEU.ThehistoryofEU1950—FrenchForeignMinisterRobertSchumanproposesintegratingthecoalandsteelindustriesofWesternEurope.1951—TheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity(ECSC)isestablished,withsixmembers:Belgium,WestGermany,Luxembourg,France,ItalyandtheNetherlands.Asupranationalbody,calledtheHighAuthority,iscreatedtomanagethecoalandsteelindustries.1957—ThesixmembersoftheECSCsigntheTreatiesofRome,creatingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity(EEC)andtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity.TheEECmemberstatesaimtoremovetradebarriersbetweenthemandformacommonmarket.1967—TheinstitutionsofthethreeEuropeancommunitiesaremerged,creatingasinglecommission,asinglecouncilofministersandaEuropeanparliament.1979—ThefirstdirectelectionsfortheEuropeanparliamentareheld,allowingcitizenstovoteforcandidates.1993—TheTreatyofMaastrichtcreatestheEuropeanUnion,pavingthewayformonetaryunion.2002—Asinglecurrency,theeuro,replacesnationalcurrenciesin12ofthe15countriesoftheEU.2004—Initslargestexpansion,theEUwelcomes10newcountries,andanewconstitutionissigned.2005—ThemovetoratifytheconstitutionsufferssetbackswhenFranceandtheNetherlandsrejectthedocument.2007—BulgariaandRomaniajointheEU,expandingtheunionto27memberstates.2011—TheEuropeanUnionwontheNobelPeaceprize.2013.7.1—Croatiabecamethetwenty-eighthEUMember.Topromotepeace,thepursuitofcitizensrichlife,therealizationofsocialandeconom