The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. Its estimated total population of about 447 million. The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardized system of laws that apply in all member states in those matters, and only those matters, where members have agreed to act as one. EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people, goods, services and capital within the internal market, enact legislation in justice and home affairs and maintain common policies on trade, agriculture, fisheries and regional development. For travel within the Schengen Area, passport controls have been abolished. A monetary union was established in 1999, coming into full force in 2002, and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency.

The European Union has established a single market across all its members representing 447 million citizens. In 2020, the EU has a combined GDP of $20 trillion international dollars, a 14% share of global gross domestic product by purchasing power parity (PPP). EU member states own the estimated second largest after the United States  wealth in the world.

Countries of the European union

19 member states have joined a monetary union known as the eurozone, which uses the Euro as a single currency. The currency union represents 342 million EU citizens. The euro is the second largest reserve currency as well as the second most traded currency in the world after the United States dollar. Which makes it a very powerful currency and it’s important to the trade and study and tourism around the eurozone which contains 19 members.

The eurozone includes: Austria , Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain. Some of them are very famous like France, Germany, Italy and Spain. And others are less known like Latvia, which is a spectacular country and worth to be visited by the way.

The Schengen area

The European Union has the Schengen area.

The Schengen area covers 26 countries “Schengen States” without border controls between them. These countries are mutual between Schengen area and European zone: Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain. With currency exchange your current currency to the European euro you will be able to take a tourism tour in Europe in the European countries which is in the euro zone.

Countries to visit in the EU:

France

 is one of the most famous countries in the whole world not only in Europe or euro zone. It’s the country of romance, eiffel tower .

You can visit France by applying to a Schengen visa and buy euros by exchanging your currency to euro.   France is one of those amazing countries that is so diverse and vast that you could literally spend months exploring and still not even touch the surface of stunning places to visit in France.

We all know Paris well, we saw photos or hear stories or watch movies about it all the time but France is not all about Paris. As an example you can visit Saint Emilion which  is one of those places to visit in France that just seems to have come out of a fairytale. I mean, it is stunning and a spot you have to explore if you are in the Bordeaux region of France.

Also France is a destination for good education one of the best universities there is Sorbonne University which is a public research university in Paris. It was established in 2018 through the merger of Paris-Sorbonne University, Pierre and Marie Curie University and a number of smaller institutions.

The university has three faculties: humanities, science and medicine. Law is taught by Panthéon-Assas University (Paris 2).

Sorbonne has a number of campuses across Paris, as well as a satellite campus in Abu Dhabi.

Germany

a well known and powerful European country in the euro zone. You may know on or two who study or work in Germany and anyone who travels to Europe tour should visit Germany.

One of Europe’s largest countries, Germany encompasses a wide variety of landscapes: the tall mountains of the south, the sandy, rolling plains of the north; the forested hills of the urbanized west; and the plains of the agricultural east. At the spiritual heart of the country is the magnificent east-central city of Berlin, which rose phoenixlike from the ashes of World War II and now, after decades of partition, is the capital of a reunified Germany, and the Rhine River, which flows northward from Switzerland and is celebrated in visual art, literature, folklore, and song.

Spain

is one of the most beautiful and romantic countries in the world not only in . the European union. You can visit it during your tour and exchange your currency throw our company. There is a lot to see in Spain between the country it self and the events which happen in it like carnivals and festivals. There is a unique and beautiful culture in Spain worth to be seen.