European Union

The European Union is a Parliamentary Confederacy of 24 States. It was founded on January 1st, 1958 with the Treaty of Rome.

Member States
As of the current year, the European Union consists of:
 * Austria
 * Belgium
 * Bulgaria
 * Croatia
 * Cyprus
 * Czechia
 * Denmark
 * Finland
 * France
 * Germany
 * Greece
 * Hungary
 * Italy
 * Luxembourg
 * Malta
 * Netherlands
 * Norway
 * Poland
 * Portugal
 * Romania
 * Slovakia
 * Slovenia
 * Spain
 * Sweden

History
After World War II, European integration was seen as an antidote to the extreme nationalism which had devastated parts of the continent. In a speech delivered on 19 September 1946 at the University of Zürich, Switzerland, Winston Churchill went further and advocated the emergence of a United States of Europe. The 1948 Hague Congress was a pivotal moment in European federal history, as it led to the creation of the European Movement International and of the College of Europe, where Europe's future leaders would live and study together.