European Union

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The members of the European Union (EU), all of whom are also part of the EEA, are:

• Austria
  
• Belgium
  
• Bulgaria
  
• Croatia
  
• Cyprus
  
• Czech Republic
  
• Denmark
  
• Estonia
  
• Finland
  
• France
  
• Germany
  
• Greece
  
• Hungary
  
• Ireland
  
• Italy
  
• Latvia
  
• Lithuania
  
• Luxembourg
  
• Malta
  
• Netherlands
  
• Poland
  
• Portugal
  
• Romania
  
• Slovakia
  
• Slovenia
  
• Spain
  
• Sweden
  
• United Kingdom
  

Notable omissions are the peripheral, non-EU, EEA countries (Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) and soon to be the United Kingdom, a fairly random patchwork of countries in the Balkans: (Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia are in; Serbia, Montenegro and Albania are out), and of course who could forget dear, stubborn, neutral old Switzerland, which isn't even a part of the EEA, but is a member of EFTA and the single market.

See also

• Europe
• European Economic Area
• Single market
• Brexit means Brexit