The European Union

The European Union is a group of ____ countries in Europe.

These countries came together to make things better, easier and safer for people.

They agreed to ____ together and help each other.

The idea to make the European Union came after two big ____ happened in Europe.

Countries in Europe saw that it is better to work together

than ____ against each other.

In the beginning, only 6 countries in Europe started working together: Germany, Italy, France and...

• Portugal

• Spain

• Luxembourg

• Belgium

• Netherlands

Soon, more and more countries in Europe joined them and the European Union was made. Today, 27 countries are part of the European Union.

These countries are:

In June 2016 the _________ decided to stop being part of the European Union. So from 31 January 2020, it is no longer part of the European Union.

• Netherlands

• Slovakia

• United Kingdom

All countries that are part of the European Union work together to make sure that:

• there is peace in Europe

• people have good lives

• things are fair for all people and nobody is left out

• the languages and cultures of all people

  are respected

• there is a strong European economy

  and countries use the same coin

  to do business together.

In the European Union it easy for people to move freely from one country to another.

• true

• false

People can live, study or work in any country of the European Union they want.

• true

• false