European Union

political and economic union of 27 European states
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The European Union is an organization with its headquarters in Brussels.

European Union

Summary

European Union is a regional organization[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of regional_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,671 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • European Union is in the country of Internationality[3].
  • European Union's continent is recorded as Europe[4].
  • European Union's continent is recorded as North America[5].
  • European Union's continent is recorded as South America[6].
  • European Union's continent is recorded as Africa[7].
  • European Union's continent is recorded as Asia[8].
  • European Union's instance of is recorded as regional organization[9].
  • European Union's instance of is recorded as political economic union[10].
  • European Union's instance of is recorded as supranational union[11].
  • European Union's instance of is recorded as confederation[12].
  • European Union's capital is recorded as Brussels[13].
  • European Union's official language is recorded as English[14].
  • European Union's official language is recorded as French[15].
  • European Union's official language is recorded as Dutch[16].
  • European Union's official language is recorded as Danish[17].
  • European Union's official language is recorded as Estonian[18].
  • European Union's official language is recorded as Finnish[19].
  • European Union's official language is recorded as German[20].
  • European Union's official language is recorded as Greek[21].
  • European Union's official language is recorded as Hungarian[22].
  • European Union's official language is recorded as Irish[23].
  • European Union's official language is recorded as Italian[24].
  • European Union's official language is recorded as Lithuanian[25].
  • European Union's official language is recorded as Polish[26].
  • European Union's official language is recorded as Portuguese[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Italy[28], France[29], Luxembourg[30], Belgium[31], Kingdom of the Netherlands[32], and West Germany[33].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for European Union include Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union Summit[34], founded in 1999[35] and European Union Metro Station[36], a metro station[37], in Bulgaria[38], founded in 2012[39].

Why It Matters

European Union ranks in the top 7% of regional_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,671 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Entities named for it include Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union Summit[34], founded in 1999[35] and European Union Metro Station[36], a metro station[37], in Bulgaria[38], founded in 2012[39].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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