How many member countries are in the European Union (EU)?
✅ Answer: 27 Member Countries
📘 Key Points (Must-Know for Exams):
✅Total EU Members 27 Countries
✅ Formation Year 1993, under the Treaty of Maastricht
✅ Headquarters Brussels, Belgium
✅ Official Currency Euro (€) (used by 20 countries out of 27)
✅Founding Members Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands(6 Members)
✅UK Exit (Brexit) Brexit – UK officially left the EU on 31 January 2020, reducing the count from 28 to 27.
✅ Last Member to Join Croatia, joined on 1 July 2013
✅Schengen Area 23 of the 27 members are part of the Schengen Zone (no border checks)
✅Trick to Remember:"EU = 27 United Countries in Europe, not including the UK".