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| Motto: "In Varietate Concordia" (Latin) "United in Diversity" | |
| Anthem: "Anthem of Europe" | |
Location of the A diehard editor/sandbox/EU infobox (dark green) in Europe (dark grey) | |
| Capital | Brussels (de facto)[1] |
| Institutional seats | Brussels
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| Largest metropolis | Paris |
| Official languages | 24 languages 3 main official languages
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| Official scripts | |
| Religion (2015)[2] |
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| Demonym(s) | European |
| Type | Continental union |
| Membership | |
| Government | Mixed intergovernmental directorial parliamentary confederation |
| Charles Michel | |
| Ursula von der Leyen | |
 Spain | |
| Roberta Metsola | |
| Legislature | The European Parliament and the Council |
| Council of the European Union | |
| European Parliament | |
| Formation[3] | |
| 17 March 1948 | |
| 18 April 1951 | |
| 1 January 1958 | |
| 1 July 1987 | |
| 1 November 1993 | |
| 1 December 2009 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,233,262 km2 (1,634,472 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | 3.08 |
| Population | |
• 2023 estimate |  448,387,872[4] |
• Density | 106/km2 (274.5/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2023 estimate |
• Total |  $25.399 trillion[5] |
• Per capita | $56,928[5] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2023 estimate |
• Total | $17.818 trillion[5] |
• Per capita | $39,940 |
| Gini (2020) |  30.0[6]medium inequality |
| Currency | Euro (€) (EUR) Others
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| Time zone | UTC to UTC+2 (WET, CET, EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 to UTC+3 (WEST, CEST, EEST) |
| (see also Summer time in Europe)[a] | |
| Internet TLD | .eu[b] |
Website europa | |
- ^ Cybriwsky, Roman Adrian (2013). Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 64. ISBN 978-1-61069-248-9.
Brussels, the capital of Belgium, is considered to be the de facto capital of the EU
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EB2015was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Current Article 1 of the Treaty on European Union reads: "The Union shall be founded on the present Treaty and on the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Those two Treaties shall have the same legal value. The Union shall replace and succeed the European Community".
- ^ "Population on 1 January". ec.europa.eu. Eurostat. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ a b c "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2022 (EU countries)". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income – EU-SILC survey". ec.europa.eu. Eurostat. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
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