MAP
The 28 member states of the European Union at a glance
Finland
Sweden
United
Kingdom
Ireland
Estonia
Latvia
Denmark
Lithuania
Netherlands
Belgium
Poland
Germany
Czech
Republic
Luxembourg
France
Austria
Slovakia
Hungary
Romania
Slovenia
Croatia
Portugal
Spain
Bulgaria
Italy
Greece
Cyprus
Malta
economy in the EU, Germany has a particu-
ciliation between two peoples. In 1957, both
lar responsibility, not least of all at times of
countries were among the six founding
economic and social change.
members of the European Economic Community (EEC), the core of today’s EU. Fran-
Franco-German friendship – the driving
co-German friendship, substantiated by the
force behind European unification
1963 Elysée Treaty, is nurtured by close relations between the civil societies and nu-
Parallel to European integration, after the
merous Franco-German institutions. With
Second World War France and Germany es-
regard to European and foreign policy is-
tablished a close partnership, which now-
sues, both countries cooperate closely and
adays is often regarded as a model for recon-
through joint initiatives repeatedly play a