1. The European Union (EU for short)

2. Who is in the EU?
This is the EU flag

3. 1. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
The Countries of the EU
1.Finland
2. France
3. Denmark
4. Germany
5. Greece
6. Ireland
7. Italy
8. Luxembourg
9. Netherlands
10. Austria
11. Portugal
12. Spain
13. Belgium 14 1 18
14. Sweden
15. United Kingdom
16. Cyprus (Greek part),
17. the Czech Republic
18. Estonia
19. Hungary
20. Latvia
21. Lithuania
22. Malta
23. Poland
24. Slovakia
25. Slovenia. 20 3 21 6 15 9 23 13 4 17 8 24 10 19 2 25 27 7 26 11 12 5 22 16

4. What are the capital cities of all 28 countries?

5. Capital Cities of the EU
Finland - Helsinki
France - Paris
Denmark - Copenhagen
Germany - Berlin
Greece - Athens
Republic of Ireland - Dublin
Italy - Rome
Luxembourg - Luxembourg
Netherlands - Amsterdam
Austria -Vienna
Portugal - Lisbon
Spain - Madrid
Belgium - Brussels
Sweden - Stockholm
15. United Kingdom - London
16. Cyprus (Greek part) - Nicosia
17. Czech Republic - Prague
18. Estonia - Tallinn
19. Hungary - Budapest
20. Latvia - Riga
21. Lithuania - Vilnius
22. Malta - Valletta
23. Poland - Warsaw
24. Slovakia -Bratislava
25. Slovenia. – Lljubliana
26. Bulgaria - Sofia
Romania – Bucharest
Croatia

6. What is the European Union? – Task 1
1. The European Union is a group of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ whose
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ work together.
To join you have to _ _ _ _ _ to follow the rules and in return you get certain benefits.
Each country has to pay _ _ _ _ _ to be a _ _ _ _ _ _.
They do this through paying _ _ _ _ _ .
Countries _ _ _ _ because they think that they will benefit from the changes the _ _ makes.
[Now make one sentence of your own up – include ‘UK’ in it.]
countries governments member UK
money taxes join spend
EU agree live elephants

7. WHY JOIN?

9. How the EU has grown: 1957 It started with six members.
1973 It expanded to 9 countries, this is when the UK joined.
1981 Greece joined, so there were 10 members.
1986 Spain and Portugal joined to make it 12 EU countries.
1995 Three more countries joined making the current 15 members.
2004 Ten more countries joined. Most of them are from Eastern Europe. There are now 25 members.
Talks began about Turkey joining.
2007 Two more countries joined bringing the total to 27
Lastly 2013 – Croatia joins now there are 28

10. These are the 28 countries in the EU with the dates when they joined.
Austria 1995
Finland 1995
Sweden 1995
Hungary 2004
Poland 2004
Czech Republic 2004
Slovak Republic 2004
Slovenia 2004
Estonia 2004
Latvia 2004
Lithuania 2004
Malta 2004
Cyprus 2004
Belgium 1957 France 1957
Netherlands 1957
Germany 1957
Italy 1957
Luxembourg 1957
The 28 nation European Union has over 500 million citizens
Denmark 1973
Ireland 1973
UK 1973
Greece 1981
Bulgaria 2007
Romania 2007
Croatia
Portugal 1986
Spain 1986

11. How do does a country join the EU?
Countries have to prove certain things.
They must show that they treat their people fairly, respect their human rights and allow them to vote in elections.
They must show that their economies are properly run. That means the government is sensible about the amount of money it spends and does not interfere too much in the way people do business.
Countries may also have to make changes to their laws so that they don't clash with the laws of the EU.

12. So what do you know?