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Capital: Berlin
Official EU Language: German
EU Member State: since 1 January 1958
Currency: euro (€)
Euro Area: member since 1 January 1999
Schengen: member since 26 March 1995
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Geographical Size: 357,569 km2
Population: 78.3 million
One of the more influential member states Germany's capital Germany is also the second most visited city in the EU after Paris.
One of the founding 6 members of ESCC Germany has been at the forefront of developing the European values. Germany has had four presidents of the European Commission which is the most out of all EU countries.
As one of the pioneers of the EuroGrid it Germany produces 22% of all energy in the EU with its vast grid of Nuclear Reactors, Solar Panels, and Hydro Electricity.
How does Germany benefit from EU?
Germany benefits (as all EU countries) from being a member of the single market.
Increased tourism as a member of the Schengen area
Benefits from having the Euro as its national currency
International respect
EU projects in Germany
Large scale projects such as a new SMR (small modular reactor) in Leipzig's Nuclear power plant, which hopes to increase its output by 43% and will help Poland, Czechia, and Austria and other surrounding countries as part of the EuroGrid
New high speed train line linked Paris to Brussels and to Cologne, set to be finished 2053
An EU wide affordable housing initiative was launched last month
Funding for a new children's hospital in Berlin
New farm area puchased by the EU to expand the Black Forest as a part of the EU's climate action goals.
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