Title: The EU in brief | European Union
Headings: The EU in brief
The EU in brief
Goals and values of the EU
Goals
Values
From economic to political union
Stability, a single currency, mobility and growth
Transparent and democratic institutions
The EU in the world
Trade
Humanitarian aid
Diplomacy and security
What is the EU?
Charter of Fundamental Rights

Content: Stability, a single currency, mobility and growth
The EU has delivered more than half a century of peace, stability and prosperity, helped raise living standards and launched a single European currency: the euro. More than 340 million EU citizens in 19 countries now use it as their currency and enjoy its benefits. Thanks to the abolition of border controls between EU countries, people can travel freely throughout most of the continent. And it has become much easier to live, work and travel abroad in Europe. All EU citizens have the right and freedom to choose in which EU country they want to study, work or retire. Every EU country must treat EU citizens in exactly the same way as its own citizens for employment, social security and tax purposes. The EU's main economic engine is the single market. It enables most goods, services, money and people to move freely. The EU aims to develop this huge resource to other areas like energy, knowledge and capital markets to ensure that Europeans can draw the maximum benefit from it.