Did you know that....

The EU covers an area of around 4 million km²?

27 is the current number of EU member states?

The EU has 24 official languages?  

There are 705 members in the European Parliament?

Europe Day is held every year on May 9, to mark the anniversary of the historic "Schuman Declaration" and celebrate peace and unity in Europe?  

The European Anthem is adapted from a symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven?

"United in diversity" is the European Union's official motto?

As the executive arm of the EU, the European Commission has legislative initiative and enforces implementation of the decisions of the law-making bodies?

In 2012, the EU was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?  

The EU was created in 1958 as the European Economic Community by Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxemburg, and the Netherlands?