MR. ALBERTO TIJHUIS

AMSTERDAM-NETHERLANDS

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EUROPEAN UNION

 

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Capital	Brussels (de facto)[1]
Institutional seats

Strasbourg
Largest metropolis	Paris
Official languages	24 languages
Official scripts	Latin Greek Cyrillic
Religion (2015)[2]	71.6% Christianity 45.3% Catholic 11.1% Protestant 9.6% Eastern Orthodox 5.6% other Christian 24.0% no religion 1.8% Islam 2.6% other
Demonym(s)	European
Type	Continental union Confederation (de facto)
Membership

27 members
Government	Mixed supranational and intergovernmental directorial parliamentary confederation
• President of the European Council	António Costa
• President of the European Commission	Ursula von der Leyen
• Presidency of the Council of the European Union	Poland[3]
• President of the European Parliament	Roberta Metsola
Legislature	The European Parliament and the Council
• Upper house	Council of the European Union
• Lower house	European Parliament
Formation[4]
• Treaty of Paris	18 April 1951
• Treaty of Rome	1 January 1958
• Single European Act	1 July 1987
• Treaty of Maastricht	1 November 1993
• Treaty of Lisbon	1 December 2009
Area
• Total	4,225,104 km2 (1,631,322 sq mi) (incl. outermost regions)[5]
• Water (%)	2.93
Population
• 2024 estimate	449,206,579[6]
• Density	106.3/km2 (275.3/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2025 estimate
• Total	$29.005 trillion[7]
• Per capita	$64,680[7]
GDP (nominal)	2025 estimate
• Total	$20.287 trillion[7]
• Per capita	$43,194
Gini (2023)	29.6[8] low inequality
Currency	Euro (€) (EUR)

Others
Time zone	UTC to UTC+2 (WET, CET, EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 to UTC+3 (WEST, CEST, EEST)
	(see also Summer time in Europe)[a]
Internet TLD	.eu, .ευ, .ею[b]
Website europa.eu