European Union
The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. A supranational union with a total area of 4,233,255 km2 (1,634,469 sq mi) and an estimated population of just under 452 million as of 2026, its member states generated a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of around €18.802 trillion in 2025, accounting for approximately one sixth of global economic output. The EU is often described as a sui generis political entity combining characteristics of both a federation and a confederation.
Beyond's analysis on European Union
- — EU smartphone makers largely fail to provide mandatory repair and durability information, risking regulatory penalties
- — Iceland's referendum rejection stalls EU enlargement hopes and protects its fisheries sovereignty
- — Icelandic voters rejected restarting EU accession talks, signalling continued skepticism about EU membership and its economic implications for the island nation
- — Iceland’s rejection of EU accession talks signals a setback for European expansion and may affect trade and investment ties between the island and the bloc
- — Iceland’s voters rejected restarting EU accession talks, keeping the country outside the union for the foreseeable future
- — Spain has deployed most of the €80 bn European recovery subsidies, meeting the goal to stimulate the economy and paving the way for further joint EU debt
- — Iceland’s prospective EU accession would impose the bloc’s whaling ban on the country’s last whaling operation
- — Former ECB chief Mario Draghi convenes a task force led by Luis Garicano, with BBVA’s Carlos Torres and Nobel laureate Philippe Aghion, to turn his European reform agenda into concrete policies
- — The United States, China and the European Union are converging on each other’s policy tools in the tech race
- — EU's inaugural homelessness strategy signals rising public spending on housing, affecting construction and bond markets
- — EU will soon require proof for any sustainability claim, tightening the fight against greenwashing
- — EU adopts binding plan to triple grid-scale energy storage by 2030 to address recurring supply shocks
Recent news mentioning European Union
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- — European Commission Authorizes Pfizer and BioNTech XFG-adapted COVID-19 Vaccine in the European Union