European Union is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.
	This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on May 9, 2004.
Article milestones Date Process Result May 8, 2004 Featured article candidate Promoted April 21, 2006 Featured article review Demoted May 16, 2006 Featured article candidate Not promoted September 9, 2006 Good article nominee Listed February 4, 2007 Good article reassessment Delisted June 23, 2007 Good article nominee Not listed October 16, 2007 Good article nominee Listed October 30, 2007 Peer review Reviewed March 16, 2008 Featured article candidate Not promoted November 8, 2010 Peer review Reviewed November 26, 2010 Featured article candidate Not promoted December 22, 2016 Good article reassessment Delisted Current status: Former featured article

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The redirect EU's has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 July 5 § EU's until a consensus is reached. A1Cafel (talk) 09:09, 5 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The country of Malta does not seem to be included in the map File:Europe and the European Union.svg. Pasquale (talk) 17:45, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Malta is in that image and green, although very small. CMD (talk) 06:19, 15 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please add biggest city of the EU. I was very surprised there was no biggest city on the list. While Paris is the biggest metropolitan area, as a city it's not as big. I believe it's important information. 84.185.99.212 (talk) 06:14, 15 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now':' A source is needed for this to be actioned as an edit request (or sources, given what counts as a single city may be debatable). CMD (talk) 06:18, 15 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The map in the Agriculture and fisheries subsection showing the EU's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is in error. I have described the problem at Commons:File talk:European Union Exclusive Economic Zones.PNG#Colour key confusion. Spideog (talk) 18:54, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]