What is the European Union (EU)?

The European Union (EU) is a group of countries in Europe. If you are a EU citizen, you can live in other EU countries. You don’t need a visa or a residence permit. Most EU countries use the Euro as their currency.

These countries are in the European Union:1

  • Austria, Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Republic of Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Netherlands
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Sweden

Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway are not in the EU, but they are in the European Economic Area.

List of European Union countries

Sources and footnotes
  1. europa.eu, gov.uk