The European Union is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. It was established in 1952 by six countries and has since expanded to include 27 members through several rounds of enlargement. The European Union has a total population of over 500 million people living across its member states.

1. 5º PRIMARY
MARCOS RODRÍGUEZ UCEDO
UNIT 4: EUROPE

3. It is a union
= it unites countries and people.
It is European
= it is situated in Europe
What is the European Union?
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Europe –
our continent
Europe is one of the world's continents.
It stretches
from the
Arctic Ocean
in the north
and from the
Atlantic
Ocean in the
west
to the
Mediterranean
Sea in the
south
to the Ural
Mountains in
the east.
500 million
of them in the
European
Union.
More than 700 million
people live in Europe,

7. Member States of the European Union
These are the 27
Member States of the
European Union.
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8. Enlargement: from six to 27 countries
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1952
Belgium, France, Germany,
Italy, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands
1973
Denmark, Ireland, the
United Kingdom
1981 Greece
1986 Portugal, Spain
1995 Austria, Finland, Sweden
2004
Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Estonia, Hungary, Latvia,
Lithuania, Malta, Poland,
Slovakia, Slovenia
2007 Bulgaria, Romania
2013 Croatia

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10. ACTIVITY
• Complete the maps: France, Spain, England, Itlaly, Germany, Portugal
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11. ACTIVITY
• Which is the capital of Spain?
• Which is the capital of Italy?
• Which is the capital of Germany?
• Which is the capital of France?

12. ACTIVITY
• WORKSHEET