Among the 27 member States of the European Union, Luxembourg (Germany, France, etc. ), Belgium (Netherlands, France, etc. ), Austria (German) and Cyprus (Greek) do not have their own independent languages, but English is still retained as one of the official languages of the European Union. Moreover, all official documents, publications, important conferences and official websites of the European Union must use these 24 languages at the same time.
The birth of the European Union realized the free circulation of goods, services, people and capital in Europe and accelerated the economic growth in Europe. In foreign trade, the United States, China, Russian and Swiss are the main trading partners. Of course, the EU is also the largest export market and aid provider for the least developed countries in the world, and an advocate and main leading force of the multilateral trading system.
Generally speaking, the EU is a large international organization for regional economic cooperation in Europe. Member States also handed over some national sovereignty (mainly economic aspects, such as currency, financial policy, internal market and foreign trade) to the organization.