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The European Union ( EU) is a supranational political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. The Union has a total area of 4,233,255 km 2 (1,634,469 sq mi) and an estimated total population of over 448 million. The EU has often been described as a sui generis political entity (without precedent or ...
The European Union (EU) was originally created by six founding states in 1958, but has grown to its current size of 27 member states. There were five successive enlargements during this period, with the largest occurring on May 1, 2004, when 10 member states joined. The EU have 27 member states since 2007 with the addition of Romania and Bulgaria.
Before data.europa.eu, the EU Open Data Portal was the point of access to public data published by the EU institutions, agencies and other bodies. On April 21, 2021 it was consolidated to the data.europa.eu portal, together with the European Data Portal: a similar initiative aimed at the EU Member States. Public data can be used and reused for ...
The Public Provident Fund ( PPF) is a savings-cum-tax-saving instrument in India, [1] introduced by the National Savings Institute of the Ministry of Finance in 1968. The scheme's main objective is to mobilize small savings by offering an investment with reasonable returns combined with income tax benefits. [2]
The three states are the founding members of the Eurasian Economic Union. The remaining states have acceded in subsequent enlargements. On 9 October 2014 Armenia signed the treaty and became the newest member state of the EEU on accession on 2 January 2015. [6] Kyrgyzstan signed an accession treaty on 23 December 2014, which came into force on ...
Isabel Estrada Carvalhais – since 3 September 2019. Sara Cerdas. Carlos Zorrinho. Isabel Santos. Manuel Pizarro – until 10 September 2022 [3] João Albuquerque – since 13 September 2022. On the Social Democratic Party list: ( EPP Group ) Paulo Rangel – until 1 April 2024 [4] Ana Miguel dos Santos – since 2 April 2024.
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics most recent survey indicates that union membership in the US has risen to 12.4% of all workers, from 12.1% in 2007. For a short period, private sector union membership rebounded, increasing from 7.5% in 2007 to 7.6% in 2008. [1] However, that trend has since reversed.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( USSR ), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. It was the largest country in the world by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing land borders with twelve countries. A successor state to the Russian Empire, the ...