• The European Union (EU) is a political and economic association of 27 countries committed to common democratic values.
  • The Euro is the common official currency of the 19 EU members, collectively known as the Eurozone.
  • In recent years, the EU has expanded to include many countries that were Soviet socialist states before the collapse of the Soviet Union.
  • In the 2016 referendum, known as Brexit, the UK voted to leave the EU. He officially retired in 2020.