The European Union is more than a continental alliance.
It is a worldwide network.
Wherever you are, the European Union is never so far away.

There are four types of European territories:

1/ The EU Member States
2/ The ORs: Outermost regions.
3/ The OCTs: Overseas countries and territories.
4/ The EU2SA: European Union’s States Sovereign Area

The EU Member States

There are 25 independent countries, plain members of the EU: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

AUSTRIA
Geographic coordinates: 47 20 N, 13 20 E
Nationality:
Noun: Austrian(s)
Adjective: Austrian
Government type: Federal Republic.
Languages: German, Slovene, Croatian and Hungarian.

BELGIUM
Geographic coordinates: 50 50 N, 4 00 E
Nationality:
Noun: Belgian(s)
Adjective: Belgian
Government type: Federal Parliamentary Democracy under a constitutional Monarch.
Languages: Flemish, French and German.

CYPRUS
Geographic coordinates: 35 00 N, 33 00 E
Nationality:
Noun: Cypriot(s)
Adjective: Cypriot
Government type: Republic
Languages: Greek, Turkish and English.

CZECH REPUBLIC
Geographic coordinates: 49 45 N, 15 30 E
Nationality:
Noun: Czech(s)
Adjective: Czech
Government type: Parliamentary democracy
Languages: Czech.

DENMARK
Geographic coordinates: 56 00 N, 10 00 E
Nationality:
Noun: Dane(s)
Adjective: Danish
Government type: Constitutional Monarchy.
Languages: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic.

ESTONIA
Geographic coordinates: 59 00 N, 26 00 E
Nationality:
Noun: Estonian(s)
Adjective: Estonian
Government type: Parliamentary Republic.
Languages: Estonian and Russian.

FINLAND
Geographic coordinates: 64 00 N, 26 00 E
Nationality:
Noun: Finn(s)
Adjective: Finnish
Government type: Republic.
Languages: Finnish, Swedish, Sami and Russian.

FRANCE
Geographic coordinates: 46 00 N, 2 00 E
Nationality:
Noun: Frenchman (men), Frenchwoman (women)
Adjective: French
Government type: Republic.
Languages: French and regional dialects (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Occitan, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish).

GERMANY
Geographic coordinates: 51 00 N, 9 00 E
Nationality:
Noun: German(s)
Adjective: German
Government type: Federal Republic.
Languages: German.

GREECE
Geographic coordinates: 39 00 N, 22 00 E
Nationality:
Noun: Greek(s)
Adjective: Greek
Government type: Parliamentary Republic.
Languages: Greek.

HUNGARY
Geographic coordinates: 47 00 N, 20 00 E
Nationality:
Noun: Hungarian(s)
Adjective: Hungarian
Government type: Parliamentary Democracy.
Languages: Hungarian.

IRELAND
Geographic coordinates: 53 00 N, 8 00 W
Nationality:
Noun: Irishman (men), Irishwoman (women), Irish (collective plural)
Adjective: Irish
Government type: Parliamentary Democracy.
Languages: English and Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge).

ITALY
Geographic coordinates: 42 50 N, 12 50 E
Nationality:
Noun: Italian(s)
Adjective: Italian
Government type: Republic.
Languages: Italian, German, French and Slovene.

LATVIA
Geographic coordinates: 57 00 N, 25 00 E
Nationality:
Noun: Latvian(s)
Adjective: Latvian
Government type: Parliamentary Democracy.
Languages: Latvian, Russian and Lithuanian.

LITHUANIA
Geographic coordinates: 56 00 N, 24 00 E
Nationality:
Noun: Lithuanian(s)
Adjective: Lithuanian
Government type: Parliamentary Democracy.
Languages: Lithuanian, Russian and Polish.

LUXEMBOURG
Geographic coordinates: 49 45 N, 6 10 E
Nationality:
Noun: Luxembourger(s)
Adjective: Luxembourg
Government type: Constitutional Monarchy.
Languages: Luxembourgish, German and French.

MALTA
Geographic coordinates: 35 50 N, 14 35 E
Nationality:
Noun: Maltese (singular and plural)
Adjective: Maltese
Government type: Republic.
Languages: Maltese and English.

NETHERLANDS
Geographic coordinates: 52 30 N, 5 45 E
Nationality:
Noun: Dutchman (men), Dutchwoman (women)
Adjective: Dutch
Government type: Constitutional Monarchy.
Languages: Dutch and Frisian.

POLAND
Geographic coordinates: 52 00 N, 20 00 E
Nationality:
Noun: Pole(s)
Adjective: Polish
Government type: Republic.
Languages: Polish.

PORTUGAL
Geographic coordinates: 39 30 N, 8 00 W
Nationality:
Noun: Portuguese (singular and plural)
Adjective: Portuguese
Government type: Parliamentary Democracy.
Languages: Portuguese and Mirandese.

SLOVAKIA
Geographic coordinates: 48 40 N, 19 30 E
Nationality:
Noun: Slovak(s)
Adjective: Slovak
Government type: Parliamentary Democracy.
Languages: Slovak.

SLOVENIA
Geographic coordinates: 46 07 N, 14 49 E
Nationality:
Noun: Slovene(s)
Adjective: Slovenian
Government type: Parliamentary Democracy.
Languages: Slovenian, Italian and Hungarian.

SPAIN
Geographic coordinates: 40 00 N, 4 00 W
Nationality:
Noun: Spaniard(s)
Adjective: Spanish
Government type: Parliamentary Monarchy.
Languages: Castilian Spanish, Catalan, Galician and Basque.

SWEDEN
Geographic coordinates: 62 00 N, 15 00 E
Nationality:
Noun: Swede(s)
Adjective: Swedish
Government type: Constitutional Monarchy.
Languages: Swedish, Sami and Finnish.

UNITED KINGDOM
Geographic coordinates: 54 00 N, 2 00 W
Nationality:
Noun: Briton(s), British (collective plural)
Adjective: British
Government type: Constitutional Monarchy.
Languages: English, Welsh and Scottish.

The ORs > The European Union Outermost regions

The European Union includes a number of territories which although geographically distant are close in terms of the exercise of rights and obligations, and very important in terms of territorial integrity.
There are 6 ORs. They are the four French Overseas Departments - Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion -, the Spanish Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands and the Portuguese Autonomous Regions of the Azores and Madeira.
These regions are an inherent part of the European Union and, by the terms of the Treaty of Amsterdam, their distinctive characteristics qualify them for special treatment in various sectors.

AZORES
Geographic coordinates: 38 50 N, 28 00 W
Distance: 1520 kilometres from Rabat, Morocco.
Nationality:
Noun: Azorean(s).
Adjective: Azorean.
Government type: Portuguese Autonomous Region.
Languages: Portuguese.

CANARY ISLANDS
Geographic coordinates: 28 00 N, 16 00 W
Distance: 95 kilometres from Tarfaya, Morocco
Nationality:
Noun: Canarian(s).
Adjective: Canarian.
Government type: Autonomous Community of Spain.
Languages: Castilian Spanish.
 

GUADELOUPE
Geographic coordinates: 16 15 N, 61 35 W
Distance: 400 kilometres from Bridgetown, Barbados
Nationality:
Noun: Guadeloupian(s).
Adjective: Guadeloupe
Government type: Overseas department of France.
Languages: French and Creole patois.
 

FRENCH GUIANA
Geographic coordinates: 4 00 N, 53 00 W
Distance: 60 kilometres from Moengo, Surinam.
Nationality:
Noun: French Guianese (singular and plural).
Adjective: French Guianese.
Government type: Overseas department of France.
Languages: French and Creole patois.
 

MADEIRA
Geographic coordinates: 33 00 N, 16 80 W
Distance: 660 kilometres from Es Saouira, Morocco.
Nationality:
Noun: Madeiran(s).
Adjective: Madeiran.
Government type: Portuguese Autonomous Region.
Languages: Portuguese.
 

MARTINIQUE
Geographic coordinates: 14 40 N, 61 00 W
Distance: 380 kilometres from Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
Nationality:
Noun: Martiniquais (singular and plural).
Adjective: Martiniquais
Government type: Overseas department of France.
Languages: French and Creole patois.
 

REUNION
Geographic coordinates: 21 06 S, 55 36 E
Distance: 640 kilometres from Mananjary, Madagascar
Nationality:
Noun: Reunionese (singular and plural).
Adjective: Reunionese.
Government type: Overseas department of France.
Languages: French and Creole patois.
 

The OCTs > The European Union Overseas Countries and Territories.

The overseas countries and territories (OCTs), which depend constitutionally on four Member States of the European Community but which do not form part of the Community territory, have benefited from close association with the Community since it was first set up.
The new OCT association arrangements were designed to achieve the four objectives set out in Declaration No 36 on the OCTs annexed to the final act of the 1997 Treaty of Amsterdam, namely:

> promoting the economic and social development of the OCTs more effectively;
> developing economic relations between the OCTs and the European Union;
> taking greater account of the diversity and specific characteristics of the OCTs;
> improving the effectiveness of the financial instrument.

There are 22 overseas countries and territories, constitutionally depending on the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands and Denmark: Bermuda, Anguilla, Montserrat, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Falkland and Sandwich Islands, Saint Helena, British and French Antarctic territories, the BIOT (British Indian Ocean Territory), Pitcairn, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, the French Antarctic territory, Crozet, the Kerguelen Islands, Mayotte, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, Aruba, the Netherlands Antilles and Greenland.
 

ANGUILLA
Geographic coordinates: 18 15 N, 63 10 W
Distance: 300 kilometres from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Nationality:
Noun: Anguillan(s).
Adjective: Anguillan.
Government type: Overseas Territory of the UK.
Languages: English.

ARUBA
Geographic coordinates: 12 30 N, 69 58 W
Distance: 280 kilometres from Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Nationality:
Noun: Aruban(s).
Adjective: Aruban; Dutch.
Government type: part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Languages: Dutch, Papiamento, English and Spanish.

BERMUDA
Geographic coordinates: 32 20 N, 64 45 W
Distance: 1100 kilometres from Norfolk, USA.
Nationality:
Noun: Bermudian(s).
Adjective: Bermudian.
Government type: Overseas Territory of the UK.
Languages: English and Portuguese.

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY (BIOT)
Geographic coordinates: 6 00 S, 71 30 E
Distance: 600 kilometres from Gan, Maldives.
Nationality:
Noun: Chagos Islander(s).
Adjective: Chagos Islander.
Government type: Overseas Territory of the UK.
Languages: English.

BRITISH AND FRENCH ANTARTIC TERRITORIES
Geographic coordinates: Subject of International Disputes.
Distance: The British claimed Antarctic territory is at 2720 kilometres from Punta Arenas, Argentina.
Nationality:
Noun: Briton(s), British and Frenchman (men), Frenchwoman (women).
Adjective: British and French.
Government type: The Antarctic Treaty entered into force on 23 June 1961 and establishes the legal framework for the management of Antarctica. Antarctica is administered through meetings of the Antarctic Treaty member nations. Two European nations claim portions of Antarctica as national territory: France and the UK.
Languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Chinese, Finnish, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Swedish.
 

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
Geographic coordinates: 18 30 N, 64 30 W
Distance: 140 kilometres from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Nationality:
Noun: British Virgin Islander(s).
Adjective: British Virgin Islander.
Government type: Overseas Territory of the UK.
Languages: English.

CAYMAN ISLANDS
Geographic coordinates: 19 30 N, 80 30 W
Distance: 320 kilometres from Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Nationality:
Noun: Caymanian(s).
Adjective: Caymanian.
Languages: English.

FALKLANDS ISLANDS
Geographic coordinates: 51 45 S, 59 00 W
Distance: 600 kilometres from Rio Gallegos, Argentina
Nationality:
Noun: Falkland Islander(s).
Adjective: Falkland Island.
Government type: Overseas Territory of the UK.
Languages: English.

FRENCH POLYNESIA
Geographic coordinates: 15 00 S, 140 00 W
Distance: 2080 kilometres from Pago Pago, Samoa Islands.
Nationality:
Noun: French Polynesian(s).
Adjective: French Polynesian.
Government type: Overseas Lands of France.
Languages: French, Polynesian and Asian languages.

FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS
Geographic coordinates: 43 00 S, 67 00 E
Distance: 2450 kilometres from East London, South Africa.
Nationality:
Noun: Frenchman (men), Frenchwoman (women).
Adjective: French.
Government type: Overseas Territory of France.
Languages: French.

GREENLAND
Geographic coordinates: 72 00 N, 40 00 W
Distance: 1280 kilometres from Iqaluit, Canada.
Nationality:
Noun: Greenlander(s).
Adjective: Greenlandic.
Government type: Part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
Languages: Greenlandic (East Inuit), Danish and English.

MAYOTTE
Geographic coordinates: 12 50 S, 45 10 E
Distance: 90 kilometres from Mutsamudu, Comoros.
Nationality:
Noun: Mahorais (singular and plural).
Adjective: Mahoran.
Government type: Territorial Collectivity of France.
Languages: Mahorian and French.

MONTSERRAT
Geographic coordinates: 16 45 N, 62 12 W
Distance: 260 kilometres from Cruz Bay, US Virgin Islands.
Nationality:
Noun: Montserratian(s).
Adjective: Montserratian.
Government type: Overseas Territory of the UK.
Languages: English.

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
Geographic coordinates: 12 15 N, 68 45 W
Distance: 80 kilometres from Coro, Venezuela
Nationality:
Noun: Dutch Antillean(s).
Adjective: Dutch Antillean.
Government type: Autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Languages: Papiamento, English, Dutch, Spanish and Creole.

NEW CALEDONIA
Geographic coordinates: 21 30 S, 165 30 E
Distance: 1540 kilometres from Brisbane, Australia.
Nationality:
Noun: New Caledonian(s).
Adjective: New Caledonian.
Government type: Overseas Territory of France.
Languages: French and 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects.

PITCAIRN
Geographic coordinates: 25 04 S, 130 06 W
Distance: 4880 kilometres from Suva, Fiji Islands.
Nationality:
Noun: Pitcairn Islander(s).
Adjective: Pitcairn Islander.
Government type: Overseas Territory of the UK.
Languages: English and Pitcairnese.

SAINT HELENA
Geographic coordinates: 15 56 S, 5 42 W
Distance: Saint Helena - 1840 kilometres from Benguela, Angola.
Nationality:
Noun: Saint Helenian(s).
Adjective: Saint Helenian.
Government type: Overseas Territory of the UK.
Languages: English.

SAINT-PIERRE AND MIQUELON
Geographic coordinates: 46 50 N, 56 20 W
Distance: 180 kilometres from Placentia, Canada.
Nationality:
Noun: Frenchman (men), Frenchwoman (women).
Adjective: French.
Government type: Territorial Collectivity of France.
Languages: French.

SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
Geographic coordinates: 54 30 S, 37 00 W
Distance: 2480 kilometres from Ushuaia, Argentina.
Nationality:
Noun: Briton(s), British (collective plural).
Adjective: British.
Government type: Overseas Territory of the UK.
Languages: English.

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
Geographic coordinates: 21 45 N, 71 35 W
Distance: 230 kilometres from Cap Haïtien, Haïti.
Nationality:
Noun: Turks Islander(s), Caicos Islander(s).
Adjective: Turks Islander, Caicos Islander.
Government type: Overseas Territory of the UK.
Languages: English.

WALLIS AND FUTUNA
Geographic coordinates: 13 18 S, 176 12 W
Distance: 3200 kilometres from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Nationality:
Noun: Wallisian(s), Futunan(s), or Wallis and Futuna Islanders.
Adjective: Wallisian, Futunan, or Wallis and Futuna Islander.
Government type: Overseas Territory of France.
Languages: Wallisian, Futunian and French.

The EU2SAs > The European Union’s States Sovereign Areas

The European Union’s States Sovereign Areas (EU2SAs) depend on Member States of the European Community. There do not form part of the Community territory and they do not have any form of association with the Community.
Nevertheless, the EU2SAs are part of several European Union’s states, and depend on their relative national legislation concerning immigration issues. The EU2SA have been plainly integrated to the Official European Union Green Card Lottery program. Being an immigrant in such territory is a step forward on the road of the EU.
There are 11 EU2SAs, depending on the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Denmark: Akrotiri & Dhekelia, Gibraltar, Guernsey & Jersey, Isle of Man, Bassas da India, Clipperton, Europa Island, the Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, Ceuta & Melilla and the Faroe Islands.
 

AKROTIRI & DHEKELIA
Geographic coordinates: 34 37 N, 32 58 E
Distance: 240 kilometres from Beirut, Lebanon
Nationality:
Noun: Briton(s), British (collective plural).
Adjective: British.
Government type: British sovereign base area. Overseas territory administered by the Commander of BFC (British Forces Cyprus).
Languages: English and Greek.

BASSAS DA INDIA
Geographic coordinates: 21 30 S, 39 50 E
Distance: 520 kilometres from Beira, Mozambique.
Nationality:
Noun: uninhabited.
Adjective: uninhabited.
Government type: French possession administered by the Superior Administrator of the FSAL (French Southern and Antarctic Lands).
Languages: uninhabited.

CEUTA & MELILLA
Geographic coordinates: 35 55 N, 5 20 W; 35 17 N, 2 56 W
Distance: 30 kilometres from Tetouan, Morocco
Nationality:
Noun: Ceuti(s); Melillense(s).
Adjective: Ceuti; Melillense.
Government type: Autonomous City of Ceuta; Autonomous City of Melilla.
Languages: Castilian Spanish and Arabic.

CLIPPERTON
Geographic coordinates: 10 17 N, 109 13 W
Distance: 840 kilometres from Acapulco, Mexico.
Nationality:
Noun: uninhabited.
Adjective: uninhabited.
Government type: French possession administered by the high commissioner of French Polynesia.
Languages: uninhabited.

EUROPA ISLAND
Geographic coordinates: 22 20 S, 40 22 E
Distance: 420 kilometres from Morombé, Madagascar.
Nationality:
Noun: Frenchman (men), Frenchwoman (women).
Adjective: French.
Government type: French possession administered by the Superior Administrator of the FSAL (French Southern and Antarctic Lands).
Languages: French.

FAROE ISLANDS
Geographic coordinates: 62 00 N, 7 00 W
Distance: 460 kilometres from Höfn, Iceland.
Nationality:
Noun: Faroese (singular and plural).
Adjective: Faroese.
Government type: Part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
Languages: Faroese and Danish.

GIBRALTAR
Geographic coordinates: 36 8 N, 5 21 W
Distance: 60 kilometres from Tangiers, Morocco
Nationality:
Noun: Gibraltarian(s).
Adjective: Gibraltar.
Government type: Overseas Territory of the UK.
Languages: English, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.

GLORIOSO ISLANDS
Geographic coordinates: 11 30 S, 47 20 E
Distance: 220 kilometres from Antsirane, Madagascar
Nationality:
Noun: Frenchman (men), Frenchwoman (women).
Adjective: French.
Government type: French possession administered by the Superior Administrator of the FSAL (French Southern and Antarctic Lands).
Languages: French.

GUERNSEY & JERSEY
Geographic coordinates: 49 28 N, 2 35 W; 49 15 N, 2 10 W
Nationality:
Noun: Channel Islander(s).
Adjective: Channel Islander.
Government type: British crown dependencies.
Languages: English, French, Portuguese and Norman-French dialect.

ISLE OF MAN
Geographic coordinates: 54 15 N, 4 30 W
Nationality:
Noun: Manxman (men), Manxwoman (women).
Adjective: Manx.
Government type: British crown dependency.
Languages: English and Manx Gaelic.

JUAN DE NOVA ISLAND
Geographic coordinates: 17 03 S, 42 45 E
Distance: 170 kilometres from Besalampy, Madagascar
Nationality:
Noun: Frenchman (men), Frenchwoman (women).
Adjective: French.
Government type: French possession administered by the Superior Administrator of the FSAL (French Southern and Antarctic Lands).
Languages: French.